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6/17/2021 – Fed the Crepes 33-0-0. Large ones got 4 handfuls and small ones 2-3. Also threw some on the roses, sunflowers, and marigolds in the SW corner pond bed so the sunflowers will catch up with the larger blooming sunflowers behind the two crepes.
Continue Reading5/15/2021 – Fed the Crapes 33-0-0 at the usual rate of 2-3 handfuls for the small ones and 4-6 handfuls for the large ones. The nitrogen also went on the marigolds and sunflowers at the two crepes in the pond yard.
Continue Reading5/14/2021 Autumn Beauty Sunflower Mix × 1 100 seeds per packet $3.99 Autumn Beauty Sunflower Mix × 1 100 seeds per packet $0.00 Green Crop Bush Bean – 150 seeds $3.99 Green Crop Bush Bean – 150 seeds $0.00 Marigold Sparky Mix – 250 seeds $3.99 Jambalaya Okra – 50 seeds $4.99 Red Burgundy Okra – 50 […]
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4/30/2021 – The north end of the wide sunflower row was waiting for something. This morning we bought sunflower seeds at G&D when we bought Mary’s deck rocker and 2 gallons of GrazonNext HL for the pastures. She sowed them 6″ apart in rows that were 12″ apart.
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4/23/2021 – A few Beach Sunflowers and Marigolds came up from seeds dropped last year in the two Crepe Myrtle Beds and the corner bed where we planted the climbing pink roses. One of the roses is growing well and several others are alive but still very small with no vines. The corner bed is […]
Continue Reading4/20/2021 – The volunteer Beach Sunflowers in the garden need to be moved and only a few have come up in the crepe myrtle beds and rose bed along the rail fence of the pond yard. We transplanted them into the crepe beds in the pond yard after turning over the soil with the garden […]
Continue Reading1/28/2021 – Placed order with SESE for: Tromboncino Summer Squash, 2.5 g Oregon Giant Dwarf Snow Pea, ¼ lb Beach Sunflower (Cucumber-Leaf) Sunflower, 1 g Sugar Ann Dwarf Snap Pea, ½ lb Sub-Total: $17.45 USPS: $4.50 Total: $21.95
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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 […]
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