Fed Mary’s Garden
Fed Fish Emulsion to all the plants in her garden that had 2nd and 3rd level leaves; i.e. not just popped up seeds. Those that were fertilized were: the Bonnie Chinese Cabbage, Swiss Chard, and Pak Choy
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Journal of events related to the vegetable gardens
Planted Chinese Cabbage seedlings in Mary’s Garden
10/24/2019 – Today we bought a six-pack of Bonnie Chinese Cabbage, Napa Type, at Hurley Farm & Feed store. Mary planted them in the south end of the westmost row where Ravin the horse had rolled.
Continue ReadingPlanted Beets, Cabbage, & Broccoli
10/23/2019 – Planted: Ruby Queen Beets in the north half of row 5 while the beets planted 2 weeks ago in the south half a just starting to show. This planting was a single row rather than a double row on the wide hill. Early Flat Dutch Cabbage in the 30 feet of the north […]
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Planted Spinach, Radish, Carrots, & Lettuce plus soil temps
In the Big Garden 10/20/2019, 8:00 AM – On our 24th anniversary, we planted in the big garden four vegetables. The weather forecast is for cooler evenings are regular rains as the days begin to cool with highs only in the 70’s. Counting on that being true, and that we can mitigate a hot day […]
Continue ReadingPulled Okra & Peppers and disked
10/19/2019 – Over half the okra is dead and what is producing is largely tough–even when small. There were only 3-6 pods per day for the whole row. The banana, Hungarian Hot Wax, Cayenne, and Bell peppers have been prolific although the Bells never grew larger peppers than 3″ round. It is time to plant […]
Continue ReadingFertilized Tomatoes and Tomato & Pepper Seedlings
10/17/2019 – The Celebrity tomatoes are blooming and one has small tomatoes. The Tomatillos and peppers seedlings we grew and planted in the row look pale and so they were also fertilized. Fertilized them with a combination of fish emulsion and Miracle Grow. The Romas will be blooming soon so did not fertilize them until […]
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Planted Beets, Swiss Chard, Carrot, Broccolli, & Tomatillos
10/14/2019 – Given the rain two days ago and the prediction of cooler days ahead, we planted some of the south 30-ft of the rows in the north half of the large garden and seedlings. This is late planting but September and the first part of October was very hot and very dry. Some of […]
Continue ReadingNo Rain for 7 Weeks until 10/12
10/12/2019 – August was a very wet month with over 11″ of rain through the 26th. The only rain here between then and October 12 today, when 1.23″ fell, was a brief shower of 0.4″–although parts of Mobile flooded with 6″ of rain. Since mid-August, we have installed the 1″ PVC water line to the […]
Continue ReadingBonnie’s Cilantro in Mary’s Garden
10/11/2019 – Had bought two 3″ pots of cilantro at WalMart that had two plants each. Separated them and planted the four plants on the north side of the basil about 15″ apart. Covered the soil around them with hay straw to protect from the sun and preserve moisture. The cilantro we tried to grow […]
Continue ReadingHay over seeds for soil temp heat control experiment
This experiment clearly showed that just enough hay over dirt such that you cannot see the dirt made an 8-degree difference in soil temperature.
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