A farmer works in acres not hours.
10/24/2020 – About 3:30 PM, after the ½” rain this morning, sowed in the south half: Cherry Belle Radishes in the north 7 feet of Row 4; Icicle Radishes (2019 seed) in the empty 9′ part of Row 5A between the EJW Cabbage and Detroit Red Beets and; Bok Choi (Top Notch seed from St. […]
Continue Reading10/10/2020 – Bought at St. Elmo Feed and Seed: Bloomsdale Spinach Bok Choi Cabbage Lucullus Swiss Chard
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8/29/2020 – Sowed the west half of the 3′ x 8′ plots with Swiss Chard Northern Lights Mix and Li Ren Hybrid Pac Choi F1. Pressed 3′ long shallow furrows with the hoe handle and Mary dropped in the soaked seeds. The rows are 12″ apart for the chard and 18″ for the pac choi […]
Continue Reading1/15/2020 – The Bok Choy was at its end so we cut the last and pulled the stumps. Tilled the row with the spade and Mary planted Burpee’s Baby Choi Cabbage. This was in the center row. Bought the seed packet at Home Depot as the picture looks like Baby Bok Choy. The eastmost row […]
Continue Reading12/7/2019 – New holes in new growth appears to be occurring on the mustard and more holes in the Bok choy and chinese cabbage in the little garden. Sprayed Spinosad mostly on the top of the leaves.
Continue Reading12/6/2019 – Mary fed the bok choy and cabbage in her garden Miracle Grow.
Continue Reading12/3/2019, 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 Reading11/17/2019 – Side dressed the Pak Choi and onion sets in the fourth row with 34-0-0. For the Pak Choi, dribbled it into a shallow grove drawn with the hoe. Then pulled some dirt over it. Dribbled a little into the onions. 11/19/2019 – Feed the onions sets with fish emulsion.
Continue ReadingFed Fish Emulsion to all the plants in her garden that had 2nd and 3rd level leaves; i.e. not just popped up seeds. Those that were fertilized were: the Bonnie Chinese Cabbage, Swiss Chard, and Pak Choy
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