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Mary sowed the following in trays in the greenhouse. The seeds arrived today from Harris Seeds. Dill Fernleaf – 12 each Lettuce Truchas MTO Organic – 18 each Lettuce Dragoon MTO Organic – 12 each Coriander Leisure 12 each
Continue Reading3/27/2021 – Ordered from Harris Seeds on Free Shipping Weekend. Product image Description Quantity Price 1 Dill FernleafSeed / Untreated / 100 Seeds 1 $2.85 1 Lettuce Truchas MTO OrganicSeed / Organic / 50 Seeds 1 $2.00 1 Lettuce Dragoon MTO OrganicSeed / Organic / 50 Seeds 1 $2.15 1 Pentas Lucky Star Mix F1Seed […]
Continue Reading2/22/2021 – Per the advice at links in the 2021 Spring Plan at this site, we cracked the cilantro seed coats prior to soaking them. The coats broke in half and no seeds were obvious. Soaked them, starting in warm well water, for 9 hours–from 5 AM to 2 PM. Mary sowed the round seeds, […]
Continue Reading1/1/2021 – Fed Fish Emulsion with Miracle Grow to: about 3 Tbsp of fish emulation with 1 Tbsp MG in the 2-gallon watering can to the following in Mary’s garden: All three lettuces the Cilantro the onions about 3 Tbsp of fish emulation with 1 Tbsp MG in the 2-gallon watering can to the following […]
Continue Reading9/27/2020 – Mixed 2 gallons of Monterey Spinosad (from the new 1-gallon jug delivered last week) at 2 oz/gallon plus non-ionic surfactant. Sprayed the following. All plants in the garden that again have flea beetles. mustard butternut squash white scalloped squash beets broccoli radish did not spray the peppers or flowers All plants in Mary’s […]
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9/5/2020 – This morning we tilled her garden again and planted: Danvers 126 Carrots. Soaked a couple of hours. Cilantro seeds leftover from last year. Soaked overnight a couple of hours last evening then left open to dry off. Spinach plants, six by Bonnie bought at Hurley F&S. Brocolli plants, six by Bonnie bought at […]
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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 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 Reading10/11/2019 – Had bought two 3″ pots of cilantro at WalMart that had two plants each. Separated them and planted the four plants on the north side of the basil about 15″ apart. Covered the soil around them with hay straw to protect from the sun and preserve moisture. The cilantro we tried to grow […]
Continue Reading7/23/2019 – For the fall garden, we started eight 2-inch pots with all but three of the 20 tiny tomato seeds bought at St. Elmo Feed and Seed. We started six 2-inch pots of Burpee’s Common Cilantro. The soil was about a 50:50 mixture of Miracle Grow’s Seed Starting blend and their potting soil.
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