A farmer works in acres not hours.
7/11/2020 – The MS PEPH peas in the 2-6 rows in the south half next to the field fence did ok and we got enough for the freezer and more than a few meals. There was a lot of dried peas, some that were getting dry and a few green ones. There was one final […]
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.
Continue Reading5/23/2020 – This was the first morning we saw flying bugs and beetles among the leaves and in the flowers of the zucchini and a few in the scalloped and yellow squash. Sprayed inside the bushes completely and on top of the leaves with the Fertilome Bifenthrin. Had a little solution in the sprayer and […]
Continue Reading5/5/2020 – When watering and weeding this morning we found black spots on the 1st PEPH peas (Alternaria leaf blight) and white/tan spots and decayed areas on the yellow squash and a few on the Zucchini. Sprayed 1.5 gallons on them with the last of the Bonide and a little Southern Ag Copper based fungicide […]
Continue Reading4/22/2020 – Thinned the cucumbers to 18-24″ apart. Thinned cantaloupes that are in hills 4′ apart to 2-3 plants.
Continue Reading4/5/2020 – Mary found flea beetles on the baby squash. Sprayed the tops and underside of the leaves with malathion that was left from a past spraying. Ten minutes later walked through moving the leaves with the wand and nothing moved. Also lightly sprayed the tops of the tomatoes, tomatillos, cucumbers, and cantaloupes.
Continue Reading3/24/2020 – We sowed: Silver Queen corn in the rows 7 to 11 in the north half with the Chapin Seeder and large bean plate???? with every other seed pocket taped over; Kentucky Wonder Bush Beans in the 6th row of the south half with the Chapin Seeder and large bean plate; Zipper Peas, from […]
Continue ReadingThe original planting of cantaloupes (about row 14) have many blooms and a few 1-2″ fruits. We had not side-dressed them so did so today with 15-0-15 plus iron. Scratched the dirt 8-12′ either side–after pulling back the vines in most cases–and dropped in a small handful of the fertilizer. Covered it up and watered […]
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5/20/2019 – We started this morning about 7 AM and worked until 9:30 in the garden and accomplished the following: Enjoyed the first-ever squash and zucchini harvest of 2 large zucchini and four 6″ long yellow squash. In the photo below are three zucchini as I picked one yesterday. Thinned the cantaloupes to two plants […]
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