2nd tie up tomatoes; planted 6 in the 3rd row and filled in with three. Planted basil in tomatoe’s gaps.
5/13/2025
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9/17/2024 – Disked the garden well and all the dead weeds are not visible. We had rooted cuttings from the spring tomatoes and they did well on the deck until the week before they were put into the garden. For some reason, most of the leaves died and there were black spots on the stems. […]
Continue Reading8/20/2024 – Mary sowed Zinnias, Basil & Marigold seeds in Grow Boxes
Continue ReadingSide dressed Pepper/Basil row with 33-0-0 lightly and tilled with stirrup hoe the tiny weeds to cover the fertilizer.
Continue Reading4/13/2024 – Planted bell peppers, cayenne peppers, and basil seedlings sowed 2/6/2024 in the greenhouse, into row 43 North which is next to the eastmost row of tomatoes.
Continue Reading2/6/2024 – Sowed the seeds listed below in 6×6 trays for seedlings to transplant after frost. Put them on the HOSS hot mat to germinate. 2/27/2024 – Clipped off the sickly tomato seedlings, pulled 17 others, and planted them deep in deep 2×2 pots with potting soil. Watered them with rainwater. They pulled out without […]
Continue Reading6/1/2023 – The Prosper Basil and peppers grown in grow boxes in the greenhouse that were too small to plant a few weeks ago were planted this afternoon in the rows with the first basil and peppers. We added three peppers and four basil.
Continue Reading5/23/2023 – Planted in the garden basil seedlings Mary grew from seed in a grow box in the greenhouse. The seed was Prospera® DMR (CG1)Organic (F1) Basil Seed. Had good luck and few disease issues last year. Mary dug them from the grow box and put each cluster in a small pot to keep the […]
Continue Reading8/30 & 31/2011 – We have finally had two good drying days after 19+ inches of rain this August. Disked around that Okra row in the north half and the Red Burgundy row in the south half on the 30th. The morning of the 31st there were about 4 okra pods from the Red Burgundy […]
Continue Reading7/11/2022 – Sidedressed with 33-0-0, bought today at Greenway AG, the Okra, Tomatoes, Cucumbers, & Basil.
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