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7/11/2022 – The corn is all brown and we have all the peas we need. The Kentucky Wonder Beans did not produce even one pod. Also mowed the high crabgrass along the Sunflower row and beside the okra in the north half.
Continue Reading5/29/2022 – Used Fergie and the cultivator to plow the middles of the peas, beans, cucumbers, and the small squash next to the Ashley cucumbers.
Continue Reading5/4/2022 – Sowed 8 rows of peas and beans as listed below. Two rows of MS Purple Crowder Peas west of the tomatoes. N/24ft & 27.5ft Two rows of Kentucky Wonder Bush Beans next to the Purple Crowders. N/32ft & 35.5ft Four Rows of MS Silver Crowder Peas between the beans and the Squash/Cucumber row. […]
Continue Reading2/12/2022 – Bought ½ lb. Kentucky Wonder Bush Beans and 2 lb. yellow onion sets at G&D Feed. We also bought a cypress wood duck house for the little pond, 2 sacks of horse feed, 1 sack of fish food, and a 5-gallon gas can. Ordered a galvanized predator guard from Amazon for the duck […]
Continue Reading8/25/2021, 4 pm – Sowed Colter beans in: the shorten half row next to the full row of okra on the east edge of the north half. This morning the row was watered well so it would be moist for the seeds. This is the same row that has about 8 feet of cucumber seedlings. […]
Continue Reading8/11/2021 – Sowed south of the 30-foot cornrows in the east side of the north half: Rancor Beans, 30 ft. row. First time to plant them. Long skinney seeds that were too long for the HOSS Plate 5 so used Plate 6. Hole size likely allowed more than one seed to enter and drop through. […]
Continue Reading7/27/2021 – Ordered Seeds from Harris Seeds Product image Description Quantity Price 1 Carrot Yellow Stone OrganicSeed / Organic / 250 Seeds 1 $2.35 1 Bean RocdorSeed / Treated / 100 Seeds 1 $1.24 1 Bean ColterSeed / Treated / 1,000 Seeds 1 $3.36 Show more Description Price My order subtotal $6.95 Shipping $4.15 Total […]
Continue Reading6/12/2021- The Sugar Ann Snap Peas did not produce well and they were not our kind of peas. So, removed them and planted the following in that north-half row just west of the tomatoes about 48 ft. from the fence. Red Burgundy Okra is a highly productive, heirloom variety that produces deep, red pods that […]
Continue Reading5/14/2021 Autumn Beauty Sunflower Mix × 1 100 seeds per packet $3.99 Autumn Beauty Sunflower Mix × 1 100 seeds per packet $0.00 Green Crop Bush Bean – 150 seeds $3.99 Green Crop Bush Bean – 150 seeds $0.00 Marigold Sparky Mix – 250 seeds $3.99 Jambalaya Okra – 50 seeds $4.99 Red Burgundy Okra – 50 […]
Continue Reading4/26/2021 – Based on the early morning temperature predictions for the next 10 days being in the 60’s and the pepper seedlings in the greenhouse looking really ready, we spent the day in the big garden. The day was great and the late afternoon before the full moon was even better. What was accomplished was: […]
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