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Ordered and now planted 6 more Earthbox Growing boxes and placed five along the east wall of the Greenhouse and one between the white table and the wooden plant stand against the west wall. Filled them with Miracle Grow potting soil. Planted: The plan is to move the first five that are producing well along […]
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 Reading7/8/2022 – Mary planted multiplying onion sets in three of the red plastic grow boxes. We moved them tp be lined up outside along the west wall of the greenhouse. The onion sets from G&D were different looking as they had a large (up to ½-inch diameter) stem that had been cut off 1-2 inches […]
Continue Reading4/15/2022 – Planted yellow onion sets in a double row, 20 feet long next to the flowers on the west side, north half, south end of the row. Used the double row dribble that puts the rows 6 inches apart and the sets 4 inches apart. The row is 69 feet from the east fence. […]
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 Reading2/12/2022 – Bought ½ lb. Kentucky Wonder Bush Beans and 2 lb. yellow onion sets at G&D Feed. We also bought a cypress wood duck house for the little pond, 2 sacks of horse feed, 1 sack of fish food, and a 5-gallon gas can. Ordered a galvanized predator guard from Amazon for the duck […]
Continue Reading11/30/2021 – Fertilized the very young spinach, carrots, and radishes with 33-0-0 then water it in well. Planted three varieties of onions from HOSS in Mary’s garden in three rows near the north end. Red Creole (Southmost row) , Plethora (short center row as few plants survived), and Savannah Sweet (northmost row) are all short-day […]
Continue Reading11/17/2021 – Sidedressed with 8-8-8: Tomatoes Onions Radishes Bok Choi Cabbage Brocolli Mustard
Continue Reading10/30/2021 – Planted the 3 types of onions, Red Creole, Plethora, and Savannah Sweet from Hoss. They arrived just before Thanksgiving and we put them into small pots with dirt around the bundles. Waited to plant with Piper and Olivia but there was not time or the right weather. Planted them in Mary’s Garden.
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