Thinned Cucumbers & Cantaloupes
4/22/2020 – Thinned the cucumbers to 18-24″ apart. Thinned cantaloupes that are in hills 4′ apart to 2-3 plants.
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Journal of events related to the vegetable gardens
Sowing & Planting the yard garden
4/21/2020 – As the pH is better–after the fiasco with to much cottonseed meal–Mary sowed: Salad Bowl lettuce Burpees’ Bloomsdale Long Spinach Tehama Lettuce Champion Radish Snow Peas – Ho Lan Dow Oregon Giant Dwarf Snow Pea
Continue ReadingSowed Daikon Radish Seeds
4/15/2020 – We have a lot of seeds left from last year and an empty row 15 in the North Half just east of the tomatoes. Sowed the north half of that row (about 30 feet) as a double row of Daikons using the HOSS seeder with plate 3 set to 3/4″ deep. This is […]
Continue ReadingSowed Beech Sunflowers, Marigolds, and Zinnias in the Garden
4/15/2020 – Sowed sunflowers, marigolds, and zinnia varities listed below. Followed the advice at Old Farmer’s Almanac here for the zinnias and here for the marigolds. 1 Beach Sunflower (Cucumber-Leaf) Sunflower – S-half, eastmost row SESE 2 French Marigold, Lemon Drop – N-half, eastmost row, next to Naughty Marietta SESE 3 French Marigold, Naughty Marietta […]
Continue ReadingSowed Jackson Wonder Lima Beans
4/14/2020 – As Hurley Farm & Feed had given me by mistake a 1/4 lb of Jackson Wonder Lima bean seed, we decided to sow them in the empty row (Row 6) where the girls helped us plant carrots and lettuce that did not come up. I raked the soil out and planted a double […]
Continue ReadingSowed Silver Queen Corn
4/9/2020 – Used the new HOSS seeder to sow the four westmost rows in the south half with Silver Queen Corn. Had soaked the rows this morning otherwise the seed would have been in dust.
Continue ReadingYard Garden pH was off the charts plus fixes
4/5/2020 – With the KEL meter checked the pH of the original yard garden (not the area added today up to the rail fence) and was surprised to find it from 3.5 to 5.5. The area tilled to the fence today was 6.2 to 6.8. That must be why nothing Mary, Piper, and Olivia planted […]
Continue ReadingStarted Pepper Seedlings from Seed
4/5/2020 – Mary sowed the Asian Goat Horn Hot Peppers and Italian Pepperoncini’s in the small plastic tray.
Continue ReadingAlready Spraying for Flea Bettles
4/5/2020 – Mary found flea beetles on the baby squash. Sprayed the tops and underside of the leaves with malathion that was left from a past spraying. Ten minutes later walked through moving the leaves with the wand and nothing moved. Also lightly sprayed the tops of the tomatoes, tomatillos, cucumbers, and cantaloupes.
Continue ReadingReplanted Okra
Cajun Delight, seed saved from last year, was sowed on 3/17/20 but did not germinate. Eighteen days later, on 4/4, the row was tilled to re-plant on 4/5 with soaked seeds. The row was replanted with the HOSS seader. The second planting germinated fairly well. Research into germination problems and saved seed lead to learning […]
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