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8/29/2020 Danvers 126 Carrots, 3 g 1 $2.50 Perpetual Spinach (Leaf Beet Chard), 4 g 1 2.75 French Marigold, Frances’s Choice, 0.5 g 1 $2.75 Vegetable Gardening in the Southeast, The Timber Press Guide to 1 $19.95 French Marigold, Red Metamorph, 0.5 g 1 $2.75
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8/25/2020 – The post covers the pre-soaking, pre-sprouting, and sowing. As pre-sprouting took more than a week, the spinach was not sowed in the garden until September 4. The plan and what was done was as follows. At 4:00 PM: Put the seeds cited below into 1/2 pint mason jars and added about 1/2″ water. […]
Continue Reading1/24/2020 – Next to the lettuce planted a week or so ago, planted the spinach seeds that have been in the refrigerator to hopefully break its dormancy and get it to germinate quickly. Maybe we could have some baby spinach before it is time to till for the spring garden.
Continue Reading12/15/2019 – This effort was to fill in gaps in rows where nothing germinated and to plant these seeds differently than done before where germination was poor.
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11/26/2019 – I tilled the raised beds with the TroyBuilt cultivator in the north end of Rows 10 and 11 in the north half of the garden. Piper and Olivia raked the rows back into shape. I drew a 1/2″ deep slot in Row 10 for the spinach. Piper planted Black Seeded Simpson lettuce in […]
Continue Reading11/18/2019 – Replanted De Cicco and Wortham 29 Broccoli between the scattered seedlings in row 9. Row 10 is empty as neither broccoli came up. In Row 12, where the Corvair Spinach did not germinate, we planted Bloomsdale Long Standing spinach. Watered all sowing to hopefully help them to come up even though the soil […]
Continue Reading11/17/2019 – In the east row nearest the fence where the onions did not come up, Mary planted a Bonnie Plants’ six-pack of Bonnie Spinach and a six-pack of Red Romaine Leaf Lettuce bought at WalMart today. Per the tag: light requirements for both is “Part Shade 3-6 hours”; morning sun at planting hits them […]
Continue Reading11/14/2019 – Sowed Space Spinach in the north half of Row 13 in the north half of the garden. Dropped the seeds with the PVC pipe/funnel and raked soil over them. Lightly tamped with the back of the rack times. [It did not come up.] Re-sowed most of the Emperor Spinach in row 11 planted […]
Continue Reading11/02/2019 – Planted in the north half: April Cross Radish – Row 11, north 10 ft. of the south half Emperor Spinach – Row 11, north end of the north half Buttercrunch Lettuce – Row 12, north end of the south half Rainbow Carrots – Row 12, south end of the south half King Richard […]
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In the Big Garden 10/20/2019, 8:00 AM – On our 24th anniversary, we planted in the big garden four vegetables. The weather forecast is for cooler evenings are regular rains as the days begin to cool with highs only in the 70’s. Counting on that being true, and that we can mitigate a hot day […]
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