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Journal of events related to the vegetable gardens
7/22/2019 – As part of getting ready for a fall garden we will start monitoring soil temperatures. Newly collect info about the necessary temperatures for various vegetable’s germination can be viewed here. Yesterday we had over an inch of rain so the soil is very damp but not soggy. At 8 am the soil temp […]
Continue Reading7/20/2019 – The okra has produced well up to this week and it seems to have slowed down. That made me wish I had side dressed it last weekend when I should have. There was some 34-0-0 with lime left in a bucket in the grain bin and so I added a little fresh 34-0-0, […]
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7/20/2019 – Mary has been gathering flowers from the big garden for a month or so but a post is just now being made. The Beach Sunflower (Cucumber-Leaf) and Zinnias, State Fair Mixed Colors have produced many flowers. She also collected today about a 1/2-gallon of drying buds of the spent sunflowers for seeds. That […]
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7/17/2019 – The peas, G-90 corn, Silver King Corn, squash, and cucumbers were done and the freezer is full. Within 3 weeks we need to plant the first of the fall garden and have to get the east side ready. So, mowed them down and will disk those areas tomorrow. We have also decided to […]
Continue Reading7/16/2019 – We dug up all the clumps of multiplying onions in the south end of her yard garden. Laid them out to dry on the picnic table. Collected almost a big wheelbarrow full of older horse manure from the old garden field and spread it on the north half of the garden other than […]
Continue Reading7/15/2019 – Stink bug damage to the top side of many tomatoes has got to stop…without having to stop picking tomatoes due to insecticide downtime. So, the homemade, non-toxic spray that sounds the most complete is below. Mixed some with cayenne and sprayed this date and again on 7/17/2019 due to the rains since the […]
Continue Reading7/14/2019 – We shelled about 7 gallons of PEPH peas and have two quart bags of peas to freeze and a good mess to cook. There will be a few more to pick but they are about done. The daily rain has increased the amount of fruit rot and the bugs. The Texas Cream Peas […]
Continue Reading7/10/2019 – All okra leaves — including the African okra from Susan K. have small ragged holes from something eating them. Could not find the rascals so sprayed them with new Sevin.
Continue Reading7/9/2019 – We removed the pecan firewood ash from the fireplace and spread it over the central part of Mary’s yard garden. There were three 9-quart buckets full. Mary ran the sprinkler to settle it in before the rains predicted for this afternoon. It did rain 1.35″ but little of the ash should be washed […]
Continue Reading7/6/2019 – Pulled up several vines in the cucumber patch that were bearing only small round fruit. Went to SESE (where the other cuke seeds were bought) and found they sell seeds for Richmond Green Apple Pickling Cucumber and that is what our rogue vines were. Their fruit does have a nice cucumber smell and […]
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