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3/19/2020 – Mary and Piper planted Bonnies 3″ pots of: Sweet Basil, Thai Basil, and Cilantro plants. They also sowed: lettuce Swiss Chard seeds: Bright Yellow Decorticated and Burpees Rhubard Chard left from last year. Thai basil seeds next to the Bonnies Thai basil plant. The new plants and the existing onions are shown in […]
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20200319 – Mary, Piper, and Olivia planted three dill plants in the old tub and mint in the old pot.
Continue ReadingPlanning 3/19/2020 – Used the pH meter to take readings at the N-S-E-W quadrant points and along the ordinal lines; i.e. NW, NE, SW, and SE. Also, halfway between those points (ESE to SSW) in the south half where the readings were in the low 5’s. Generally, readings were taken at about 10′, 20′, and […]
Continue Reading3/18/2020 – Time to fertilize the citrus trees. Threw 15-0-15 under the small canopies and out at least 1 foot. Did the same to the peach and pear trees as they are leafing out and blooming. As the Bridal Wreaths are blooming some this year (more than ever before) threw some around them.
Continue Reading3/17/2020 – Spread the 0-0-60 potash bought for the peas and beans between the Fergie tracks. Using the analysis for the corn here, that used 15-0-15 to be spread at 4 pts/60′ row [to apply 120 lbs/ac per the soil test], 0-0-60 is 4 times more concentrated so should only apply 1/4th as much. So, […]
Continue Reading3/15/2020 – We pulled out everything from the winter garden except for the green onions and one parsley plant. Tilled it with the TroyBilt cultivator about 6″ deep. The soil was hard-packed. Need to add organics so added 50 lbs of old cottonseed meal. 3/17/2020 – Spread 50 lbs. of year-old cottonseed meal all areas […]
Continue Reading3/13/2020 – Mary, Piper, and Olivia planted in 6-pack trays–one for each seed type: Tomatillos, Everona Large Green Peppers, Carolina Cayenne from last year’s pack Sweet Thai Basil. All three were bought from Southern Exposure Seed Exchange.
Continue Reading3/13/2020 – Piper and Olivia helped Grandma sow Salad Bowl lettuce and Danvers Carrots in Row 5 (5th row from the east side) in the north half. The seeds had soaked in water for about 24 hours. Soil temp two days ago was 69 F. The bed was prepared with the same fertilizer, 15-0-15, used […]
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3/12/2020 – Piper and Olivia helped build new style bluebird houses with a slot rather than a hole. They helped nail them together–with their new monogrammed hammers–and install them on the fence posts. I had built one as a trial to be sure they went together per the plan. Therefore, we added three houses along […]
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