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Tuesday, March 22, 2022
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Little Ketchup
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Grittyville, WA
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Peppers planted. Garlic planted. (Way too early, and way too late, respectively.) The peppers are in the double plastic hoophouses. A nice warm first day of spring today. The soil is cool still 50 degrees a few inches down but it will be ok. They can just survive using the top three inches of soil the way the grass does. A good reason to use the square 4 cell nursery packs to start them... these are the shallowest and sized/spaced about right.
I think I'm seeing some boron deficiencies here & there too in addition to phosphorus. Some of it is related to cold soil where nothing is breaking down yet, but the rest is a result of having generally poor soil.
I am making progress at new ideas and learning... but I should probably rethink my goals for the year.
I want to get a better cantelope result. I want to try a blossom down squash again. I want to try a butternut or field kin or marrow. I like trying companion planting. (The latest one is multiplier onions and peppers. I think it will be a good combo. Carrots and garlic has been a great combo.) It would be good to try more dryland farming techniques: Optimal spacing, keeping the soil surface lightly tilled and weed free, and timing the sowing or transplanting correctly.
Most of all I wish the kids could putz around.
Last year the thing they liked best was the worms though, plants... are just boring compared to worms.
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