A farmer works in acres not hours.
9/11/2020 – Mary planted her little Warrior Bunching onions she grew from seeds in the tray. They did not pull out of the tray easily and some were damaged. She was frustrated with them as nothing she did made it easy with minimal damage to the plants and roots. A few had roots showing in […]
Continue Reading9/6/2020 – Diseases took some of the Jack-o-Lantern pumpkin plants and left holes in the extra wide row. Loosened the soil in two 5’x3′ plots and pulled the edges in so they are raised about 4″. Planted left over daikon radish seeds 1/2″ deep in three rows about 8″ apart in each plot. 9/9/2020 – […]
Continue Reading9/5/2020 – Pre-sprouted the leftover Ruby Queen Beet seed in a half-pint mason jar. They took about 5 days to have nice 1/8″ long red sprouts. Some did not sprout so dropped them in a little thick. Sowed them in the row immediately east of the pumpkin row on the north end of the south […]
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9/5/2020 – This morning we tilled her garden again and planted: Danvers 126 Carrots. Soaked a couple of hours. Cilantro seeds leftover from last year. Soaked overnight a couple of hours last evening then left open to dry off. Spinach plants, six by Bonnie bought at Hurley F&S. Brocolli plants, six by Bonnie bought at […]
Continue Reading9/4/2020 – The small gnat-like flies and small dark eggs are back every morning despite the two malathion sprays and two Bug-No-More with Zeta-cypermethrin (sp?) sprayings. The eggs and problem with the leaves looks like the early stages of squash vine borer. Several places recommended Spinosad. Went to Hurley F&S and bought Ferti-lome’s Spinosad Soap […]
Continue Reading9/4/2020 – Sowed pre-sprouted spinach in the center of the fourth row from the fence–second row east of the pumpkins.
Continue Reading9/3/2020 – Beet seeds we pre-sprouted had grown long roots and we decided to not put them into the big garden but try them in Mary’s garden. She planted them today and they were growing two days later when Tom stepped on the middle of the row. The others still look good.
Continue Reading9/2/2020 – Despite two sprayings of malathion the little black flying bugs are still all over the pumpkin and squash blooms and there appears to be more of the small shiny black eggs clustered on the leaves. Mixed Bug-No-More at 5 oz/gallon and sprayed them. Within 15 minutes or so they were moving a lot […]
Continue Reading8/30/2020 – Seeing fresh little black eggs clustered on the leaves and more leaf damage. Saw one shield bug and stomped him. Sprayed malathion on everything in the garden’s new plants that are not sprouting seedlings; i.e. the first two rows from the east and the pumpkin/squash row.
Continue Reading8/29/2020 – Side dressed the following with 33-0-0: the first row from the east that has Betternut Squash and South Anna Butternut Squash the second row from the east side that has White Scalloped Squash, Spaghetti squash, and Pascola Zucchini. the pumpkin/squash row. Some of the squash is starting to vine and the other looks […]
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