A farmer works in acres not hours.
2/11/2021 – Mary sowed the following into trays. Dill from Page’s Seeds – 6 each Dill, Long Island Mammoth from Jung Seed in 2020 – 6 each Thyme, German Winter for 2019 from SESE – 6 each Basil, Sweet Italian from Lake Valley Seed – 12 each She also filled in the very few tomatoes […]
Continue Reading7/26/2020 – Bought Black Kaw composted manure at Home Depot and worked it in Mary’s Garden around the: 3 cherry tomato plants, 4 sweet basils, 4 pepperoncini plants, and the 12 Tai Basil plants.
Continue Reading6/12/2020 – The pH at the three little tomato plants and at the sweet basil plants ranges from 6.2-6.4. Broke up the crusted soil around each plant. Mixed 2 Tbsp of baking soda in 2 gallons of water and poured in around each one. Had about a gallon left so poured it around the Tia […]
Continue Reading6/27/2020 – The acidic pH in her garden has plagued us all spring. The lime added has paid off and the pH in the high 4s to mid-5s is up to 6.2 to 6.8. The two lettuce varieties, Tahama and Salad Bowl Lettuce, has grown ok in the heat but is tough and not flavorful. […]
Continue Reading5/27/2020 – Sprayed them with bifenthrin as we are seeing flies and miscellaneous bugs on all and earworms in the corn. Sprayed the corn silks on the 1st and 2nd corn. The 3rd corn is not silking yet.
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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 […]
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.
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7/4/2019 – Mary’s herb bed is doing well. The rosemary, thyme, and basil are growing and today she picked her first handful of cherry tomatoes.
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