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Journal of events related to the vegetable gardens
11/3/2026. From Perplexity AI. ID then When and How to Sow What is the name of the plant in the attached photos? One photo are the seeds? Your plant is sulfur cosmos (Cosmos sulphureus), also called orange cosmos or Klondike cosmos. I’m quite confident from the combination of flowers, foliage, and seeds in your photos, […]
Continue Reading7/21/2026 – Having mowed down all spring crops other than the tomatoes the day before, Olivia and I disked the westmost three rows that had the PEPH (N-half) and cucumber/sunflower rows (S-half). Today, used the hiller to pull up three rows. In the east row nearest the tomatoes, we sowed green and yellow zucchini and […]
Continue Reading6/6/2026 – Sidedressed with 15-0-15:
Continue Reading6/5/2026 – Sidedressed knee-high corn with 33-0-0 using the old plastic seeder with new Gates Truflex 0250 belt & the large plate. Dropped it on the east side of the row. Bought the belt from Grainger.
Continue ReadingSpring Plan Insert plan when everything is sowed. Observations Weather – VERY dry up to early May with cool nights that pushed all sowing until later than years past. Soil Preparation – Disked only Crops
Continue ReadingZingiber officinale Flexible Harvest Window: Harvest baby ginger in 3–4 months or mature ginger in 8–10 months. Planting & Growing Information
Continue Reading4/23/2026 – Sowed 1.5 lbs of G-90 corn in 10 rows in the southeast corner of the garden. Bought ¼-lb if Incredible Yellow to sow the 11th row. Sowed it differently than in past years. Once the plants are up, spread 33-0-0 with the plastic seeder and repeat that as needed.
Continue Reading4/9/2026 – 3 PM. Planted tomatoes: Big Beef 17x; Celebrity Plus 18X rooted from seed 4/10/2026, 8 AM
Continue Reading3/18/2026 From Reimer Seeds Product(s) Sale Price Qty. Total Roma II Bean Seeds Pack: 1/4 lb $3.00 2 $6.00 Kentucky Wonder Bush Bean Seeds Pack: 1/4 lb $4.50 1 $4.50 English Thyme Seeds Pack: pk/1000 $3.50 1 $3.50 Bush Beans Phaseolus vulgaris Seed Depth Soil Temp. for Germination Days to Germination Sunlight Requirements Planting Time […]
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