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Order Placed 1/12/2026 Benary’s Giant Mix Zinnia Seed 1 $22.15 Size: 500 Seeds Prairie Sun Pelleted Rudbeckia Seed 2 $13.60 Size: Packet Big Beef Plus (F1) Tomato Seed 1 $6.20 Size: Packet Celebrity Plus (F1) Tomato Seed 1 $6.45 Size: Packet Bonanza™ Harmony Marigold Seed 1 $6.35 Size: 500 Seeds Lemon Gem Marigold Seed 1 […]
Continue Reading9/1/2025 – We started 10 cuttings from the spring’s two varieties of tomatoes in the 2-year-old finely ground pine bark mulch, and they had a lot of roots. They were planted in the center of the north half between rows of beans that are coming up.
Continue Reading5/31/2025 Sprayed spinosad on tomatoes for lg grn worms and lightly sprayed peppers just in case. Moved Okra seedlings that were too close into gaps where seeds did not germinate. Used push plow with rippers to do corn middles for crab grass and with stirrup hoe along the tiny peas, squash, and cucumbers.
Continue Reading4/21/2025 – Planted 42 Big Beef and Better Boy tomatoes in the two south-half, westernmost rows. The Big Beefs are in the westernmost row, and the Better Boys are in the next row immediately east. Note that several days ago, we sowed a band of Marigold seeds saved from last year just west of where […]
Continue Reading2/26/2025 – In the greenhouse on her new work bench, Mary sowed 24 Better Boys and 22 Big Beef tomato seeds in ~3-in. deep 2×2 plastic pots. Positioned them on the HOSS warming mat spread on the 2″ styrofoam insulation panel.
Continue Reading9/17/2024 – Disked the garden well and all the dead weeds are not visible. We had rooted cuttings from the spring tomatoes and they did well on the deck until the week before they were put into the garden. For some reason, most of the leaves died and there were black spots on the stems. […]
Continue Reading9/5/2024 – Bought two Grape (Tami G) Hybrid Tomatoes and one Husky Cherry Red tomato in the grow boxes on the back patio. The cherry is in the box with the spring basil plant that survived the summer. The seedlings were grown by Bonnie and bought at Lowes.
Continue Reading5/30/2024 – Sprayed tomatoes with Liquid Copper Fungicide at 5 oz/gal and the Cucumbers that have just started to bear with Epsom salts at 1 tbsp/gallon. This was the first spraying of fungicide on the tomatoes. Likely should have started at least a week ago.
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