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Journal of events related to the vegetable gardens
There has been about three weeks since I tested a garlic bulb to see if the divisions between the tows had turned dark–and it had not. Checked again last week and still creamy white flesh with a very mild garlic smell. All leaves are now dead and lying on the ground largely due to the […]
Continue ReadingRow 15 has six Amelia bush tomatoes that have small green tomatoes but have blown over, lying on their branches on one side. Installed three T-posts and the hi-tensile wire then tied each with two strings. Most have more than two main vines so the larger two were supported.
Continue ReadingMary has four basil plants at the back door for mosquito control and they have small holes. The basil in the small garden and the radishes also have small holes so sprayed all with Sevin.
Continue ReadingFound some on the south end of the Corn in rows 1-4 and a few in other places. Sprayed new Sevin on only those places as sprayed it all a day or so ago. Sprayed the silks to hopefully stop any ear worms. Also found holes in the bell pepper leaves so sprayed it with […]
Continue Reading6/1/2019 – 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 […]
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