Ordered Spinach and Swiss Chard Seeds
Corvair Organic (F1) Spinach Seed Emperor (F1) Spinach Seed Space (F1) Spinach Seed Bright Yellow Swiss Chard Seed
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Journal of events related to the vegetable gardens
Planted Pepperoncini Seeds
8/23/2019 – Planted three Italian Pepperoncini seeds in five 2″ square pots filled with Miracle Grow Seed Starting Mix.
Continue ReadingSoil Temp in Large Garden 94-96, 2″ down
8/23/2019, 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 ReadingSidedressed Okra & Peppers
8/20/2019 – Sidedressed the okra and adjacent bell, banana, and Hungarian Hot Wax peppers with 34-0-0.
Continue ReadingPlanted seeds: Tomatillos & Hungarian Hot Wax Peppers
8/19/2019 – Mary planted a 6-place tray of each seed in Miracle Grow Seed Starting mix that had a little MG potting soil in it.
Continue ReadingFirst Fall Garden Planting
8/18/2019 – By 8 AM, while the east side was still in the shade, Mary and I had pulled up individual hills in the first two wide rows. The number of seeds and depth were per the plans here. The vegetables planted and spacing are as follows.
Continue ReadingSoil Temps
8/17/2019 Mary’s Garden – 87-89 Big Garden north half – 100 shallow and 93-95 4″ down.
Continue ReadingLimed & Fertilized areas now empty
8/15/2019 – The area with the tomatoes, peas, and sunflowers had not been limed and fertilized last week. Those areas are now clear except for the sunflowers. Spread by hand on those areas about 20 lbs of lime mixed with about 5 lbs of 15-0-15.
Continue ReadingPlowed and Disked the Garden
8/17/2019 – The dirt has dried out enough from the total of 4+ inches of rain the past week. Plowed it with the two 35 lb. weights on the weight rack ahead of the radiator, the new rear tire and both tires filled with water. With the ground having been tilled for the spring garden […]
Continue ReadingFertilized & Tilled Mary’s Garden
8/17/2019 – Threw about 2 gallons of 15-0-15 plus two double handfuls of lime evenly over the garden. Tilled it and the manure into the top 4″. Then raked it level.
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