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Journal of events related to the vegetable gardens
4/20/2022 – Planted squash, basil, and pepper seedlings raised in the greenhouse. Marked rows with the tractor running the rear wheel about a foot away from the previous track making the rows 5-6 feet apart. In the Squash rows in the south-half spread between the tracks 13-13-13 with about 1 teaspoon of borax per 60-foot […]
Continue Reading4/20/2022 – Today Began Identifying Rows By Citing Them As “N/XXft” I.E. N or S for North or South Half then how far they are from the east fence.
Continue Reading4/15/2022 – Planted yellow onion sets in a double row, 20 feet long next to the flowers on the west side, north half, south end of the row. Used the double row dribble that puts the rows 6 inches apart and the sets 4 inches apart. The row is 69 feet from the east fence. […]
Continue Reading4/13/2022 – We had saved 4 small tomato seedlings to replace any that died and only one died. Mary planted them. Placed the treated stakes between every other one (4′ o.c.) and placed the first run of the Florida Weave. Many have blooms. Mary also cut off or shortened the leaves that were on or […]
Continue Reading4/11/2022 – Mary sowed Beach sunflower seeds and marigold seed we saved last year. The sunflowers were sowed in a narrow band along the grass on the SW edge where they have been in the past years. The marigolds are in a 5 ft wide by about 10 feet of the wide area along the […]
Continue Reading4/11/2022 – This sowing follows what we did on 3/20/2021. Sowed 8 rows of the 10 planned of G90 corn in the south half east side where we first planted corn 3 years ago. The seed was bought last year, luckily, as there is a shortage like everything else in these Biden times. Found some […]
Continue Reading4/10/2022 – Spread pecan wood ash from the fireplace around each 12-18 inch high tomato plant as some are blooming. See the info here. Per the references on that page the ash will add potash and calcium. It should also assimilate quickly into the soil and be taken up by roots.
Continue Reading3/27/2022 – Mary sowed in 2″ seedling pots: Goldprize Squash from HOSS packed for 2022; Betternut 401 Hybrid from Vermont Seed Co. packed for 2021; Dunja Hybrid Zucchini from Johnny’s bought 8/2021. Mommouth Dill bought today from G&D 3/29/2022 – Nighttime temps were down to 56-58 the first few days. Moved the new germination mat […]
Continue Reading3/25/2022 – Planted 31 Better Boy tomato plants Mary raised from seed in the greenhouse. We trimmed the lower leaves and planted them deeply. They filled the 2nd row and the north half of the 3rd row. The process was: Spread 13-13-13 between the tractor tracks in the north half, rows 2 and 3 from […]
Continue Reading3/1/2022 – Mary sowed Prospera DMR F1 OG basil seed (bought from Johnny’s) in 3″ pots in two 6×2 trays. Put them on the germination hot mat set to 78°.
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