Fed lettuce and bok choy
12/6/2019 – Mary fed the bok choy and cabbage in her garden Miracle Grow.
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Spread Out EJW Cabbage & filled in the Mustard
12/3/2019 – The Early Jersey Wakefield Cabbage (the first planting, in rows 7 & 8) has done well and is 4″-6″ high and needed to be thinned again. The Early Flat Dutch Cabbage has done very poorly and only 10-20 of the two half rows in row 7 & 8 have come up. Moved 31 […]
Continue ReadingHard Frost but no damage to garden
12/3/2019, 6 AM – There was a hard frost and the temperature went down to 27 F. There were no damages to anything in either garden. The plants that were not damaged in the big garden were: Florida Broadleaf Mustard – 4-6″ high Ruby Queen Beets – 1-2″ high Swiss Chard – 1″ high Early […]
Continue ReadingMalathion on Mustard Greens and Cabbage
11/30/2019 – Small round holes are appearing in the mustard leaves especially on the south end (row 3 and 4) where flea beetles were initially a problem with the winter squash. Mary picked a mess of mustard and then I sprayed both rows with malathion. Minor damage was noted on the cabbage in rows 7 […]
Continue ReadingFed Onions & Lettuce in Mary’s Garden
Fed Miracle Grow to all the onions and the 1″ high lettuce.
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Sidedressed Beets and Mustard
11/26/2019 – Sidedressed the: first and second sowing of beets in row 5 with fish emulsion dilution at about 3-4 Tbsp per gallon; The beet seedlings are about 1″ tall and do not show in this photo. first and second mustard with Miracle Grow in Rows 3 and 4 mixed at 1 tbsp per gallon. […]
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Black Seeded Simpson Lettuce and Bloomsdale Long Standing Spinach
11/26/2019 – I tilled the raised beds with the TroyBuilt cultivator in the north end of Rows 10 and 11 in the north half of the garden. Piper and Olivia raked the rows back into shape. I drew a 1/2″ deep slot in Row 10 for the spinach. Piper planted Black Seeded Simpson lettuce in […]
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Sowing Wildflower Seeds
11/25/2019 – Piper, Olivia, and Kelley helped sow the wildflower seed thrashings in areas around Mary’s Springs. There were thrashings from Beach Sunflowers, Cone Flowers and Zinnias.
Continue ReadingBush Hogged further into the Springs and the steep slopes of the head
11/21/2019 – Bush hogged with Fergie: a wide path easterly in the middle of the east edge of the creek field about 50 to the drop-off. a mower width wider in the Point area; 3 mower widths further under the old live oak; 4-5 mower widths further into the south side of the Springs west […]
Continue ReadingBonnie Lettuces, Swiss Chard, Cabbage in Back Patio Bed plus a Dill Plant
11/20/2019 – As the freeze killed the periwinkle and the hibiscus’ leaves and blooms, we needed something growing in the bed along the Utility Room wall. We bought and planted four 4″ pots of cabbage at Blairs and three 6-packs of Bonnie Plants at Lowe’s. The Bonnie 6-paks were: Buttercrunch Bibb Lettuce Red Leaf Lettuce, […]
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