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Journal of events related to the vegetable gardens
8/31/2019 – Used Frank’s hiller to pull up a row along the west edge of the garden. First time with a 6″x6″ drag to level out the wide hill that was only about 4″ high. It worked great–no rake work. Mary planted eight Celebrity seedlings we grew from seed in 2″ square pots on the […]
Continue Reading8/31/2019, 4 PM – In the north half: in the north half of the north half – 92-94 in the south half of the north half – 86-88 in the row of 10 Celebrity tomatoes planted 30 minutes ago in a hill drawn 1 hour ago; 86-88
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8/28/2019 – Mowed down the sunflowers that had become very ragged and did not have many blooms. There will be a lot of seed in this area for next year and we gathered a lot to spread in other places. 8/29/2019 – Disked the litter then plowed the portion of the garden not plowed last […]
Continue Reading8/29/2019 – Mary wet a paper towel cut into a square the size of a 1-quart ziplock bag and poured in Salad Bowl Lettuce seeds. Seemed like there was not enough water so wet a second trimmed sheet and put it under the first one with the seeds. Then, the bag into the outside refrigerator. […]
Continue ReadingDuring the last week, the days have been cloudy with some sun and a lot of rain. Soil in the big garden today about 12:30 PM ranges from 91-93?. Soil temps in Mary’s yard garden were checked in the afternoon as the sun does not reach the space until about 11:30 AM and is behind […]
Continue Reading8/26/2019 – Mary planted four 2-inch square pots of Roma Tomato seeds.
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Continue Reading8/23/2019 – Planted three Italian Pepperoncini seeds in five 2″ square pots filled with Miracle Grow Seed Starting Mix.
Continue Reading8/23/2019, 12:30 PM. The soil is very damp as we had a sprinkle one hour ago and it has been partly cloudy all day. The past week has been partly cloudy and thunderstorms at least every other day.
Continue Reading8/20/2019 – Sidedressed the okra and adjacent bell, banana, and Hungarian Hot Wax peppers with 34-0-0.
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