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7/27/2021 – The usual suppliers do not have any Betternut seeds. Found: Betternut 401 Hybrid Winter Squash – 1/2 ounce $11.85 + $4.95 shippingVermont Bean Seed Company334 W. Stroud St., Randolph, WI 53956 | 1-800-349-1071Website: vermontbean.com
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 Reading6/25/2021 – Given the 5.81 inches of rain from TS Claudette last week, finally side-dressed the tomatoes and peppers as that much rain surely washed out the nitrogen and potash. Intended to side-dress them sooner but the daily threat of rain and some we did get, is my excuse. Threw some on the white scalloped […]
Continue Reading5/29/2021 – Side Dressed Tomatoes, Scalloped Squash, Cucumbers, & Cantaloupes in the big garden with 33-0-0. Lightly worked it in and weeded with the new pointed weeder. The corn has the first small ears so it may have been a bit late but it was beginning to look pale. The fertilizer was scattered down the […]
Continue Reading5/14/2021 – Tilled the wide rows between the tomatoes, squash and cukes in the north half of the garden. Also tilled the two empty half rows.
Continue Reading5/8/2021 – Side dress the 9 rows of G-90 Corn and the squash in the 2nd and 3rd row of the north half. The 33-0-0 was spread along both sides of the cornrows at the rate of about a handful per 5-6 feet. Then plowed in most of the white granules with Fergie and the […]
Continue Reading5/7/2021 – Used the cultivator still set with about a 14″ wide plant space to: breakup the sides of the pea hills and the middles. Backed down the extra-wide middles of the squash and cucumber rows and plowed to knock out the small weeds next to the plants and loosen the rain-packed soil. That left […]
Continue Reading4/26/2021 – Based on the early morning temperature predictions for the next 10 days being in the 60’s and the pepper seedlings in the greenhouse looking really ready, we spent the day in the big garden. The day was great and the late afternoon before the full moon was even better. What was accomplished was: […]
Continue Reading4/7/2021 – We sowed White Scalloped Squash in the south end of the row east of the tomatoes. About 20′ at about 24 in. apart. We resowed some of the frost damaged areas that do not look like they will make it in the rows as follows. Pascola Zucchini – None made it likely due […]
Continue Reading4/6/2012 – The seedlings listed below show some frost damage but seem to be coming through it. Today the weaker ones were thinned to achieve the following. Thin Delta Squash on the south end of the 2nd row to 1 every 18-24″ Thin Golden Bush Scallop Summer Squash 18-30″ apart Thin Tromboncino Squash to every […]
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