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Sowed broccoli, 5 kinds of winter squash & onions in hilled rows in the south half, west side. In rows counted from the west, the status is now as follows. Westmost three rows – Hilled over fertilizer and nothing planted. 4th row – in the north end sowed 10 feet of Warrior Bunching onion seed. […]
Continue ReadingFrom Hoss Product Subtotal Warrior Bunching Onion × 2 $7.98 Green Magic Broccoli × 1 $3.99 Savanna Mustard – 500 seeds × 1 From Vermont Bean Seed – Sugaretti Hybrid Squash
Continue Reading2/23/2022 – Sowed 13′ of a double row of Florida Broadleaf Mustard (bought today at St. Elmo F&S) in the second row from the west in the north half. Lightly watered them in again and lightly watered the rest of that row and the westmost row that was planted a few days ago. As the […]
Continue Reading2/20/2022 – This morning was supposed to be the last morning in the low 30’s with the high to be in the mid-60s for at least a week. So, disked the garden again. Drove the rows. Spread 8-8-8 between the tire tracks and pulled up the rows with the hiller. We sowed in the westmost […]
Continue Reading2/2/2022 – To get ready for plowing, we harvested the remaining cabbage and broccoli. The beets were still less than 3″ high and the spinach was small and tough. The mustard could have provided a few “messes” but Mary said NO. So, that meant it went to kill RKNs, hopefully. Disked it all in and […]
Continue Reading11/15/2021 – Several cabbage plants and scattered leaves in the mustard and radishes have ragged holes eaten in the leaves. Sprayed them with Spinosad.
Continue Reading10/20/2021 – Sowed Savanah Mustard, Natsuguru onions, and the few Cheers cabbage seeds remaining in the packet. The mustard was sowed in the gaps where it had not come up in the row near 47′ from the fence. This is the first attempt this year to grow green onions from seed in the big garden. […]
Continue Reading10/7/2021 – The soil has finally gotten dry enough to work and so pulled up rows with the hiller that had been pulled up weeks ago. They had been packed down and weeds were beginning to pop up. Sowed: Savanah Mustard Green Magic Broccoli Bok Choy Planted 1 lb. multiplying onions; i.e. about 15 feet […]
Continue Reading7/21/2021 – From HOSS Product Subtotal Savanna Mustard – 500 seeds × 1 $3.99 Warrior Bunching Onion × 2 $7.98 Pimento Pepper × 1 $3.99 Primavera Spaghetti Squash × 1 $3.99 Cheers Cabbage × 1 $3.99 Calendula Prince Mix – 50 seeds × 1 $3.99 From SESE SKU Name Price Quantity Total 01175 Zinnia, Red Beauty $2.75 2 $5.50 46521 Cayenne, Carolina Hot Pepper $2.95 1 $2.95
Continue Reading2/25/2021 – Pulled up freeze damaged Hamlin Oranges in Garden. Harvested the last of the Cheers and New Jersey Wakefield cabbage. The Cheers could have grown larger if there was a couple of weeks to do so. The NJW only had a few small heads that were not filled out well. There was still a […]
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