A farmer works in acres not hours.
8/18/2019 – By 8 AM, while the east side was still in the shade, Mary and I had pulled up individual hills in the first two wide rows. The number of seeds and depth were per the plans here. The vegetables planted and spacing are as follows. Eastmost row, 4′ from the grass, starting from […]
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7/17/2019 – The peas, G-90 corn, Silver King Corn, squash, and cucumbers were done and the freezer is full. Within 3 weeks we need to plant the first of the fall garden and have to get the east side ready. So, mowed them down and will disk those areas tomorrow. We have also decided to […]
Continue ReadingThe powdery mildew has returned to the yellow squash leaves in the same plants as before; i.e. the 2nd and 3rd from the road fence. Application to the tomatoes and marigolds is preventative although the marigolds along the orchard fence seem to have a problem that is not bug related.
Continue ReadingWe have found a few about 2″ long yellow squash that was covered with a fuzzy blackish grey fungus and that was totally rotten. The quote below and links clearly identify it as Chaonephora fruit rot and those and other advice says there is no treatment other than to open up the leaf canopy. We […]
Continue Reading5/28/2019 – First time to apply Bonide Copper Fungicide to the Tomatoes, Peppers, & Squash at the 2 oz. per gallon dosage per the label. This was a preventative application. Repeat in 10 days.
Continue ReadingPlanted 8 hills of yellow squash and 8 of zucchini.
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