A farmer works in acres not hours.
As the spring garden ends I realized there has been little acknowledgment of the great flowers we have enjoyed that were planted there. We sowed seed for fun and for companion planting/bug control (we hoped): nasturtiums; poppies; marigolds; zinnias; and Beach Sunflowers. The nasturtiums and poppies did not do well.
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8/28/2019 – Mowed down the sunflowers that had become very ragged and did not have many blooms. There will be a lot of seed in this area for next year and we gathered a lot to spread in other places. 8/29/2019 – Disked the litter then plowed the portion of the garden not plowed last […]
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7/20/2019 – Mary has been gathering flowers from the big garden for a month or so but a post is just now being made. The Beach Sunflower (Cucumber-Leaf) and Zinnias, State Fair Mixed Colors have produced many flowers. She also collected today about a 1/2-gallon of drying buds of the spent sunflowers for seeds. That […]
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