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Journal of events related to the vegetable gardens
9/18/2019 – We have been saving seeds and seed pods from the plants listed below. They were piling up on the table in Mary’s Art Studio and today we broke open the dry okra pods and others to extract the seeds. The colorful corn is still on the cobs with the shucks pulled back waiting […]
Continue Reading9/24/2019 – Truth is that we had planted Swiss Chard in mid August but it never got going after coming up. Too HOT then too dry. Tilled that row with the rest of it to replant. Planted in the south 15 feet of Mary’s Garden: Yellow Swiss Chard – 2nd row from the fence Pak […]
Continue Reading9/20/2019 – That is some cooler than before yesterday’s 0.39-inch rain and slightly cooler mornings in the high 60s.
Continue Reading9/16/2019 – The flea bettles are back on the winter squash as the Bug-No-More only last a few days…like the new Sevin and Neem oil. So, applied Capt. Jack’s dust with Spinosad by Bonide. It shook out in globs. The next day I watered the plants–has not rained in 3 weeks–and let the water wash […]
Continue Reading9/18/2019 – Sidedressed okra, bell peppers, banana peppers, and hot wax peppers with 34-0-0. Threw the white granules along the side of the rows in 12-18″ bans. Then watered it in as we have had no rain since August 26; i.e. 3 weeks ago.
Continue ReadingUsed the new Thermoworks thermometer stuck into the ground as usual: on a 45-degree angle to read about 2″ deep. The soil today has seen no rain in over 3 weeks and is very dry. Not even the weeds are growing.
Continue Reading9/14/2019 – Justice Williamson installed a 1″ Schedule 40 PVC water line from a rebuilt connection at the tank: to the south fence of the garden; then to the NE corner of the garden; then along the road fence to the SE corner of the yard at the power pole. The line was installed using […]
Continue Reading9/12/2019 – For the past 4 weeks since the winter squash came up, we have been spraying new Sevin and horticultural oil to try and kill them. They both worked about the same as in 1-2 days the bettles were back. There were fewer of them but they always reappeared. We have not seen them […]
Continue ReadingNo rain for the past 15 days and air temps have been from low 70s to mid 90s.
Continue ReadingThe soil temperatures about 2″ down in the north half were: 99 ? in the NE quadrant 98 ? in the NW quadrant 93 ? in the SW quadrant 97 ? in the SE quadrant In the north end of the tomato row pull up yesterday, where nothing is planted, the temps were 92-94 ?
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