A farmer works in acres not hours.
7/26/2021 – The wildflower plots in the north and south end only had a few blooms and the weeds were taking over. Hard to tell the difference between the weeds and the wildflowers. The Chamberbitters had taken over to a great extent and the daytime high temperature is now in the low 90s—so everything is […]
Continue Reading7/12/2021 – The tomatoes had a few green ones but in the past weeks only a couple would survive the bugs and excess rain to mature. In fairness to the Super Sweet Cherry tomatoes, they had a lot of green ones that could have been harvested if one wanted to spend the time every day […]
Continue Reading7/10/2021 – Gathered suckers, large and small, from the Celebrity tomato plants for the fall garden. Mary planted them in the 6″ pots that have 4-5″ of potting soil; i.e. buried deep as she put a lot of dirt in each pot. They will root in the Greenhouse.
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 Reading6/9/2021 – Sprayed the tomatoes with liquid copper for blight that is rising from the bottom. It is worse on the Celebrity than on the Best Boys. There is very little on the Super Sweet 100 Cherry tomatoes.
Continue Reading6/8/2021 – The Super Sweet 100 cherry tomatoes are not as sweet as last year and I remembered that Epsom Salts is suppose to make tomatoes taste sweeter. Articles that confirmed that memory also said it was good for peppers and I have not sprayed the peppers since the signs of magnesium deficiency went away. […]
Continue Reading5/30/2021 – Sprayed Tomatoes, Peppers, and Roses with liquid Copper (CU). Tomatoes have some black spots on their lower areas and some yellow and dead leaves and stems. Meant to mix 7 teaspoons of CU in the 1.5 gallon spray but screwed up and measured 7 tablespoons; i.e. 3 times more than the label says. […]
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 Reading5/28/2021 – Mary fed the Tomatoes, Lettuce, Basil, & Onions in the Little Garden with Miracle Grow and Fish Emulsion.
Continue Reading5/19/2021 – Mixed about 0.88 oz. of Mancozeb into a half-gallon of water then added 1 tbsp. of Liquid Copper and added the second half-gallon of water. Sprayed the tomatoes in the big garden and those in Mary’s Garden. The gallon barely covered them. If the upper limbs/leaves had been sprayed thoroughly it would have […]
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