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4/16/2024 – Sowed the seeds listed below. The north half row above at 36ft was not pulled up over fertilizer other than the broadcast potash spread with the lime several months ago. The south half rows above did have 13-13-13 spread between the tracks then pulled up some weeks ago. Before the seeds were sown, […]
Continue Reading4/1/2024 – Sowed about 30 ft row 10-12 inches wide in the north end to the west coast row of the south half. That is the row next to the wide Sunflower row. This is about Row 65ft (measured from the east fence). The row had been hilled to about 6 inches high. Sprinkled the […]
Continue Reading10/24/2023 – Sowed about 25 ft of Tendergreen Mustard in the Basil row next to the pepper row in the SW corner of the big garden; i.e. 56 ft from the east fence in mid row. The row had been built with 13-13-13 under the hill in August but it never rained. The drip line […]
Continue ReadingSowed 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. […]
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