A farmer works in acres not hours.
8/31/2019, 4 PM – In the north half: in the north half of the north half – 92-94 in the south half of the north half – 86-88 in the row of 10 Celebrity tomatoes planted 30 minutes ago in a hill drawn 1 hour ago; 86-88
Continue Reading8/26/2019 – Mary planted four 2-inch square pots of Roma Tomato seeds.
Continue Reading8/19/2019 – Mary planted a 6-place tray of each seed in Miracle Grow Seed Starting mix that had a little MG potting soil in it.
Continue Reading7/23/2019 – For the fall garden, we started eight 2-inch pots with all but three of the 20 tiny tomato seeds bought at St. Elmo Feed and Seed. We started six 2-inch pots of Burpee’s Common Cilantro. The soil was about a 50:50 mixture of Miracle Grow’s Seed Starting blend and their potting soil.
Continue Reading7/15/2019 – Stink bug damage to the top side of many tomatoes has got to stop…without having to stop picking tomatoes due to insecticide downtime. So, the homemade, non-toxic spray that sounds the most complete is below. Mixed some with cayenne and sprayed this date and again on 7/17/2019 due to the rains since the […]
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7/4/2019 – Mary’s herb bed is doing well. The rosemary, thyme, and basil are growing and today she picked her first handful of cherry tomatoes.
Continue Reading7/3/2019 – Today we picked six light red tomatoes. Some were from the Amelias and some from the Big or Better Boys.
Continue ReadingThe powdery mildew has returned to the yellow squash leaves in the same plants as before; i.e. the 2nd and 3rd from the road fence. Application to the tomatoes and marigolds is preventative although the marigolds along the orchard fence seem to have a problem that is not bug related.
Continue ReadingFound the 2nd and 3rd tomatoes to ripen also had blossom end rot as did the first one several days ago. The other green ones do not but to hopefully prevent more I watered all of them with lime dissolved in water. Using a hand trowel put a half scoop of No. 6 lime into […]
Continue Reading6/25/3019 about 10 AM – Sprayed Epsom Salts at 2T/gallon on the tomatoes and all peppers. Given it is hot and the sun is bright I did not spray to drip. The tomatoes are large, many starting to turn light green, and a few pinkish red. The bell peppers are still not doing anything, although […]
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