Category: Straw bale beds #1-4
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Gardening Diary – May 17, 2021
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Grand Bell Peppers (mixed colors) Picture taken on May 17, 2021. Sharon planted seeds of Grand Bell Peppers (mixed colors) in a couple of the straw bale beds. Seeds were from Ferry Morse which were purchased from Lowe’s. Sharon spreading kaolin clay. Picture taken on May 17, 2021. Then Sharon…
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Gardening Diary – April 30, 2021
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Sharon fertilized all the plants in Straw bale beds #3-4, 7-8 and sprayed diatomaceous earth on all the plants in straw bale beds #3-4. Straw bale beds #7-8 Picture taken April 30, 2021. Cut the drip hose on straw bale beds #7-8 at the place where the hose leaves straw…
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Gardening Diary – April 22, 2021
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From the website of WBIR 10News: We set a new record low for April 22nd with a low of 30 degrees at the McGhee Tyson Airport (the old record was 31 degrees in 1993). There is only one other year where we’ve been this cold this late in the month of…
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Gardening Diary – April 21, 2021
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Sharon and the covered Straw Bale Beds #3-4. Picture taken on April 21, 2021, In preparation for the predicted lows (near freezing), Sharon and I covered the Tomatoes and Peppers in the Straw Bale Beds #3-4. Moved the pail, that contained the Hosta [Hosta sp.] plant dug up in the…
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Gardening Diary – April 15, 2021
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Straw bales beds #1-4 with modifications in irrigation system. Picture taken on April 15, 2021. For years, we have been concerned that the water from the drip hoses between beds containing the straw bales has been flooding the area outside the beds, especially, in the walkways. Thoughts of various solutions…
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Gardening Diary – April 13, 2021
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Golden Jubilee Yellow Tomatoes, Roma Tomatoes, Celebrity Tomatoes [Lycopersicon lycopersicum ‘Golden Jubilee’] Picture taken on April 9, 2021. As can be seen in the above image, the drip hose does not enclose the 2 left Tomatoes. Unfortunately, when we watered the beds, the water did not reach these tomatoes. Moved the…
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Gardening Diary – April 9, 2021
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Straw bale beds #1-4 Picture taken on April 9, 2021. Installed a 50 ft drip hose that was purchased from Amazon. Unfortunately, it was about 1 bale short. Thus, added a Mister Landscape hose to cover that bale. Straw bale beds #7-8 Picture taken on April 9, 2021. Installed a…
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Gardening Diary – February 19, 2021
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Fertilized straw bale beds #1-4, #7-8. Used almost the whole gallon of the Alaska Fish Fertilizer. Sharon said that she would use only a half a gallon. Therefore, she suggested that I skip the 2nd day of fertilizing tomorrow.
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Gardening Diary – February 10, 2021
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Straw bale beds #1-4 Picture taken on February 10, 2021. From a second palette, took 6 or 7 wheat straw bales to finish installing the straw bales in the raised beds #3-4. Straw bale bed #7 Picture taken on February 10, 2021. 1 or 2 of the straw bales had…
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Gardening Diary – February 9, 2021
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Shipment from Home Depot Picture taken on February 9, 2021. Yesterday, ordered 24 wheat straw bales, 6 pine straw bales, 10 1 ft3 bags of garden soil and 75 2 ft3 bags of pine bark mini-nuggets mulch, They were brought to the house this morning and were contained on 4 palettes. Straw…