Soil Temp: 99-107, 2″-3″ down
No rain for the past 15 days and air temps have been from low 70s to mid 90s.
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First Mowing around Mary’s Springs
9/10/2019 – After buying the Gator yesterday and riding to the Springs the mowing and cleanup had to begin. Mowed with Fergie four passes on the north side and four on the south side. Mowed the point in the NE corner of the Creek Field and under the big old live oak on the south […]
Continue ReadingBought a John Deere Gator
9/9/2019 – Bought a 1996 John Deere Gator as detailed here.
Continue ReadingFlowers in the Veggie Garden
As the spring garden ends I realized there has been little acknowledgment of the great flowers we have enjoyed that were planted there. We sowed seed for fun and for companion planting/bug control (we hoped): nasturtiums; poppies; marigolds; zinnias; and Beach Sunflowers. The nasturtiums and poppies did not do well.
Continue ReadingOrdered Onion Seeds
9/3/2019 – Ordered the following via Amazon. White Lisbon Bunching Onion Seeds – 2 gramsSold by: Hirt’s Gardens $1.79 Italian Red of Florence Bunching Onion Seeds – 1 gram Sold by: Hirt’s Gardens $1.89
Continue ReadingGarden Soil Temps Today 92-99 degrees
The soil temperatures about 2″ down in the north half were: 99 ? in the NE quadrant 98 ? in the NW quadrant 93 ? in the SW quadrant 97 ? in the SE quadrant In the north end of the tomato row pull up yesterday, where nothing is planted, the temps were 92-94 ?
Continue ReadingTransplanted Tomatoes
8/31/2019 – Used Frank’s hiller to pull up a row along the west edge of the garden. First time with a 6″x6″ drag to level out the wide hill that was only about 4″ high. It worked great–no rake work. Mary planted eight Celebrity seedlings we grew from seed in 2″ square pots on the […]
Continue ReadingGarden Soil Temps 86-94
8/31/2019, 4 PM – In the north half: in the north half of the north half – 92-94 in the south half of the north half – 86-88 in the row of 10 Celebrity tomatoes planted 30 minutes ago in a hill drawn 1 hour ago; 86-88
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Final gathering of Beach Sunflower seeds then mowed them down, disked, then completed plowing
8/28/2019 – Mowed down the sunflowers that had become very ragged and did not have many blooms. There will be a lot of seed in this area for next year and we gathered a lot to spread in other places. 8/29/2019 – Disked the litter then plowed the portion of the garden not plowed last […]
Continue ReadingGerminating Salad Bowl Lettuce seeds and planted Swiss Chard
8/29/2019 – Mary wet a paper towel cut into a square the size of a 1-quart ziplock bag and poured in Salad Bowl Lettuce seeds. Seemed like there was not enough water so wet a second trimmed sheet and put it under the first one with the seeds. Then, the bag into the outside refrigerator. […]
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