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7/24/2020 – Sprayed the remaining tomatoes with Epsom Salts as they are bearing ok. Also, fed them fish emulsion as the peppers are starting to bear and there is a fairly good number of fruit to gather tomorrow. Also, fed and sprayed the three young tomatoes, peppers, and basil in Mary’s little garden.
Continue Reading7/24/2020 Frozen 2020 Units Blueberries qts Corn – G90 & Silver King 29 qts Kentucky Wonder Beans – in vac pack 23 qts Pink Eye/Purple Hull Peas 21 qts Texas Creme Peas ?? qts Yellow Squash, in vac pack 22 qts Zucchini, in vac pack 24 qts Zucchini & Yellow Squash, in vac pack […]
Continue Reading7/23/2020 – The double row of Texas and Mississippi Creme Peas have very few good pods in the past week. There are many dried pods that occurred despite our picking them every day. Taking them out now will allow more time for decomposition before the fall sowing as well as more down time for bug […]
Continue Reading7/22/2020 – Only had a little 13-13-13. Threw some on all the Crapes east of the driveway.
Continue Reading7/20/2020 – Mowed down the double rows of Jackson Wonder Lima Beans that have had a lot of flowers but no pods. Disked them well and the two rows of peas mowed last week. Also re-disked the rest of the garden that is vacant.
Continue Reading7/18/2020 – Used the Stihl hedge trimmer to: Top the three taller bushes; one at the south end of the row and the two north-most bushes. Trimmed the too-tall shoots on all the others in the row The two original blueberry bushes next to the row of original azaleas–and the driveway to the barnyard–were cut […]
Continue Reading7/16/2020 Product image Description Quantity Price 1 Marigold Inca II Primrose F1 Seed Untreated / 250 Seeds 1 $11.25 1 Marigold Inca II Orange F1 Seed Untreated / 250 Seeds 1 $10.13
Continue ReadingIn addition to the above, ‘Miss Tinkerbell’ reblooming daylily, bloomed all spring and has a few blooms even now in mid-July.
Continue Reading7/15/2020 – On this hot morning before an all afternoon series of thunderstorms, we widened the narrow bed along the driveway (in the Magnolia Frescati “yard”). It was widened about a shovel width and is now about 3.5 feet wide. Only the large white rose in the center hangs outside the edge. The sod was […]
Continue Reading7/14/2020 – Fed citrus, peach and pears 13-13-13. Also Magnolia Frescati and oaks in barnyard.
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