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Journal of events related to the vegetable gardens
In the garden, we planted six sweet peppers (row 6 south end) and six more tomatoes (row 15 north end). Mulched heavy with old hay from the bale feeding areas. All tomatoes and peppers now have the hay mulch. In the herb bed, we planted a Husky Cherry Tomato and a Black Cherry Tomato plant. […]
Continue ReadingOn January 29 we planted Mortgage Lifter Improved (MLI) seeds inside and they came up. In February we moved them to a larger pot. In March they spent most of the month outside to harden as it was a warm month. In April we planted them in the garden. The first week of May came […]
Continue ReadingWe added beds with Frank’s hiller and planted one row of cantaloupes in the northwest corner, a row of sunflowers in Row 14 north end along with nasturtiums, and marigolds in several places.
Continue Reading4/29/2019 – Side dressed the first plot of corn (G-90) with 34-0-0 at one pint per 100′ row as recommended by ACES. As recommended by Ted, we also side dressed with lime. Rather than two applications, I mixed the lime with the nitrogen. See Background below. ACES said to side dress with one pint per […]
Continue ReadingWhile spraying the daylilies for Rust with Mancozeb, I sprayed the bulb onions from Dixondale and the garlic from Filigree in Mary’s yard veggie plot. Later in the day Mary fertilized both with fish emulsion with Miracle Grow.
Continue Reading4/27 & 28/2019 – On the 27th Mary put Fish Emulsion on her yard garden–other than the onions and garlic–and on the 28th she put fish emulsion plus Miracle Grow on the bulb and bunching onions and garlic.
Continue ReadingMary planted Bonnie Big Boy Hybrid Tomatoes in the gaps in the tomato row; i.e row 14. She also planted Marigold, Zinnias, and Nasturtiums in various location. In her yard veggie garden, she weeded and I used the spade to turn over the central area. Then raked it level, chopped it with the 4-tine hoe […]
Continue Reading4/25/2019 – Bought these seeds at Grand Bay Feed and Seed to finish planting the vegetable garden. Texas Cream Peas – 1/2 lb. – “Highly nutritious. Fertilize at 1/2 rate used for other vegetables; too much nitrogen limits production. Good summer cover crop. Cowpea curculio is a common pest. Maintain consistent soil moisture.” From here. […]
Continue ReadingTo replace some of our tomato seedlings that are not surviving and the jalapenos that did not come up we bought Bonnie’s plants at Lowe’s. Tomatoes – Jalapenos – Sweet Banana Peppers –
Continue Reading4/21/2019, as sundown approached on Easter Sunday – Added another hose to the ones already connected at the east end of the house and Mary watered the new seed locations. That also loosen the soil over the seeds–packed by the hard rain Thursday–and I “harvested” old hay from around the bale in the pond field […]
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