Sidedressed squash, cukes, flowers, tomatoes & basil
6/6/2026 – Sidedressed with 15-0-15: squash lightly, cukes, flowers, tomatoes and new basil lightly on S-half only
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Sidedressed corn with 33-0-0 using the Chapin plastic seeder
6/5/2026 – 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 Reading2026 Gardening Plans & Observations
Spring 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 ReadingPlanted Ginger Plugs from HOSS
Zingiber officinale Flexible Harvest Window: Harvest baby ginger in 3–4 months or mature ginger in 8–10 months. Planting & Growing Information
Continue ReadingSowed G-90 & Incredible Corn 2026
4/23/2026 – 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 ReadingPlanted tomatoes & Bell Peppers
4/9/2026 – 3 PM. Planted tomatoes: Big Beef 17x; Celebrity Plus 18X rooted from seed 4/10/2026, 8 AM
Continue ReadingOrdered Bean and Thyme seed: March 2026
3/18/2026 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 […]
Continue Reading2026 Seed Order from Johnny’s
Order Placed 1/12/2026 Benary’s Giant Mix Zinnia Seed 1 $22.15 Size: 500 Seeds Prairie Sun Pelleted Rudbeckia Seed 2 $13.60 Size: Packet Big Beef Plus (F1) Tomato Seed 1 $6.20 Size: Packet Celebrity Plus (F1) Tomato Seed 1 $6.45 Size: Packet Bonanza™ Harmony Marigold Seed 1 $6.35 Size: 500 Seeds Lemon Gem Marigold Seed 1 […]
Continue ReadingPlanted 10 Tomatoes rooted from Spring’s cuttings
9/1/2025 – We started 10 cuttings from the spring’s two varieties of tomatoes in the 2-year-old finely ground pine bark mulch, and they had a lot of roots. They were planted in the center of the north half between rows of beans that are coming up.
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