Sidedressed Okra, Tomatoes, Cucumbers, & Basil
7/11/2022 – Sidedressed with 33-0-0, bought today at Greenway AG, the Okra, Tomatoes, Cucumbers, & Basil.
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Cultivated the Peas, Beans, Cucumbers, and more
5/29/2022 – Used Fergie and the cultivator to plow the middles of the peas, beans, cucumbers, and the small squash next to the Ashley cucumbers.
Continue ReadingMoved Cukes & Resowed Squash
5/22/2022 – The Ashley cucumbers came up well and were too thick. To thin them some were transplanted to the adjacent empty space in the same row at 12-inch spacing. The total row length is now about 30 feet. Only about half of the year-old Delta Squash seed came up. Filled in the row with […]
Continue ReadingSowed Squash, Cucumbers, Cantaloupe, & Radishes
4/25/2022 – Sowed: Autumn Frost F1 Squash – N/68ft Honeynut Squash – N/68ft Ashley Cucumbers – S/55ft Sugar Cube Cucumbers – N/55ft Hales Best Cantaloupe – S/55ft Cherry Belle Radishes- N/68ft White Icicle Radish- N/68ft
Continue ReadingMowed Peas, Corn, & Cucumbers then Disked
7/14&16/2021 – Bushhoged the peas, corn, and cucumbers then two days later disked the litter in. This was the entire south half and the empty rows in the north half.
Continue ReadingSide Dressed Tomatoes, Corn, Scalloped Squash, Cucumbers, & Cantaloupes
5/29/2021 – Side Dressed Tomatoes, Scalloped Squash, Cucumbers, & Cantaloupes in the big garden with 33-0-0. Lightly worked it in and weeded with the new pointed weeder. The corn has the first small ears so it may have been a bit late but it was beginning to look pale. The fertilizer was scattered down the […]
Continue ReadingSide Dressed Peppers, Cucumbers, & Cantaloupes
5/15/2021 – The pepper seedlings in the garden are looking less like they have a magnesium deficiency and growing. Many have blooms but are less than 12″ high. As they like a lower pH we mixed cottonseed meal in with the 8-8-8 and applied it as follows. To not fertilize the weeds between the plants […]
Continue ReadingTilled between wide rows in the garden
5/14/2021 – Tilled the wide rows between the tomatoes, squash and cukes in the north half of the garden. Also tilled the two empty half rows.
Continue ReadingCultivated the Garden
5/7/2021 – Used the cultivator still set with about a 14″ wide plant space to: breakup the sides of the pea hills and the middles. Backed down the extra-wide middles of the squash and cucumber rows and plowed to knock out the small weeds next to the plants and loosen the rain-packed soil. That left […]
Continue ReadingMajor Garden Sowing & Planting Day
4/26/2021 – 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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