A farmer works in acres not hours.
5/30/2020 – The pink climbing rose rootings are growing and the Beach Sunflowers are about to bloom in the SW corner of the pond yard. Today, we relocated marigolds and more sunflowers from the vegetable garden to that bed and to either side of the two crape myrtles along the new fence.
Continue Reading4/17/2020 – We had 15-20 Beach Sunflower Seeds left from the pack planted in the garden. Sowed them in a very small area. Raked it to loosen the black dirt, sprinkled them on, raked them, then walked it down.
Continue Reading4/15/2020 – Sowed sunflowers, marigolds, and zinnia varities listed below. Followed the advice at Old Farmer’s Almanac here for the zinnias and here for the marigolds. 1 Beach Sunflower (Cucumber-Leaf) Sunflower – S-half, eastmost row SESE 2 French Marigold, Lemon Drop – N-half, eastmost row, next to Naughty Marietta SESE 3 French Marigold, Naughty Marietta […]
Continue ReadingAs 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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