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Journal of events related to the vegetable gardens
We bought and planted a 30-gallon Shumard Oak tree in the Barn Yard to someday shade the south-most section where the shop will be…someday. Bought it for $150 from Brian, the owner of Hilltop Tree Farm LLC on Grand Bay-Wilmer Road.
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The 0.5 lbs. (five bulbs) of Lorz Italian garlic (an heirloom) arrived from Filaree Garlic Farm and were planted the next day, 1/17/2019, in Mary’s large yard garden. They were planted 6″ apart staggered in the wide row and 2″ deep. The dirt had been tilled at least 6″ deep and about a gallon (i.e. […]
Continue ReadingMary planted some of the seed bought at St. Elmo Feed and Seed, in her large and small gardens.
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This post will include the days between the first ripping up the hay string and sod through plowing. 1/10/2019 – After months of planning and changes in the plans we finally began work in a small part of Dad’s “Garden”. Before the fence is built, I used the Ford 5600 and Ted’s box blade, with […]
Continue ReadingJanuary 5, 2019 1 lb. G90 Corn seed for $14.00 1 lb. Pink Eye Purple Hull “Top Pick” seed for $4.00 1 lb. Kentucky Wonder Beans seed for $3.50 1/4 oz. package Buttercrunch Lettuce seed for $1.50. From Select Seed Division Lot 20B, Packed for 2018. Did not notice they are last year’s seeds.
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12/11/2018 – Mustard seeds have sprouted. As the dirt appeared to have crusted a little, and we spread 0-0-66, Mary scratched the dirt with the 4-tine hoe 3-4 days ago. She was worried the seeds might have been damaged.
Continue Reading12/7/2018 – Poured about 8 gallons of fish emulsion on the new larger veggie bed and about 4 gallons on the smaller bed at the back patio. Several days before we side dressed both beds with 0-0-66 and used all of a 4 lb. bag. That was added as the soil tests from the pecan orchard […]
Continue Reading12/2/2018 – The vegetables we planted at the new back patio bed have been a lot of fun to watch and have continually contributed to our meals. So, we wanted a larger garden and today built a 7′ x 35′ bed next to the power pole where the pecans are only on one side. This […]
Continue Reading10/8/2018 – Planted the 5’x25′ new bed between the new back patio and the house with seedlings bought at Walmart. 6 green cabbages 6 red cabbages 6 Romain Leaf Lettuce Butter Crunch Bibb Lettuce 6 Mustard Greens about 50 green onions 1 cilantro 1 Italian parsley 6 swiss chard, Bright Lights
Continue ReadingAllium Gardening It’s Time for Alliums Contributed by The Old Farmer’s Almanac Staff. Extracted from TSC’s web site on 3/25/17. As the days grow longer, the time draws near to get the alliums going! What is an allium? Alliums are more familiarly known as onions and include garlic, leeks, and chives as well as numerous […]
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