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Journal of events related to the vegetable gardens
6/1/2019 – Intense thunderstorms and the gusting wind blew over the three rows of 18″ high Silver King Corn. 6/2/2019 – We decided to try and save them so I raked dirt up to the bent-over stalks and Mary packed it around them so they stood up. Wait and see if it works. This was […]
Continue ReadingSaw some in the first planting where the tassels and silks are well filled out. Sprayed the area on the south end of Rows 1-4 with Sevin.
Continue ReadingWe have been watering the garden and parts of the yard the past 2 weeks as everything was getting dry. Even the grass was starting to look dry and shriveled. This afternoon we had thunderstorms rolling east along the coast and got 0.86″ of rain. There was some wind with gusts up to 12.5 MPH […]
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As of this morning: we have picked 6+ zucchini and 8+ yellow squash and there are many blooms; we have picked 2 large messes of green beans (KWB); we have picked 2-6″ cucumbers and there are many blooms; there are at least 2 sweet banana peppers; there is one little tomato and many blooms; the […]
Continue Reading5/29/2019 – Side dressed the cucumbers with 34-0-0. They have many blooms, one 6″ cuke we picked, and some other smaller cukes. Mary side dressed the peppers with Miracle Grow as it poured through the hay mulch. First picking of the Kentucky Wonder Bush Beans yielded enough for a meal for us with leftovers and […]
Continue Reading5/28/2019 – Mary pulled the last of the bulb onions and the multiplying onions that had been cut off. I tilled those areas with the TroyBilt cultivator. She planted two rows of Chard along the east edge. The next morning she planted on the north end the basil plants we had raised from seed. She […]
Continue Reading5/28/2019 – First time to apply Bonide Copper Fungicide to the Tomatoes, Peppers, & Squash at the 2 oz. per gallon dosage per the label. This was a preventative application. Repeat in 10 days.
Continue Reading5/27/2019 – Built a wire-on-T-Posts support structure for the indeterminate tomatoes in Row 18. The posts are 6-8 feet apart and the wire is some high-tensile wire Dad used with his electric fence. Used a green cotton garden twine to wrap the main vines. Tied a loop in the top and made a slip note […]
Continue Reading5/25/2019 – Susan Knippenberg had visited Africa and brought back some okra seed where the pod is stripped. She had planted it in her yard in Atlanta and brought Frank some pods to plant the seeds. He gave us one pod and today when Peggy asked if any had come up I replied no…as I […]
Continue Reading5/25/2019 – Found them and sprayed with Sevin about 7 AM. At 10:00 I could not find any.
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