Widened Crape Myrtle bed along the road and weeded
9/25/2020 – Pulled a string and used the edger to make a straight cut in the grass. The bed depth between the crapes will now be the same as at the crapes.
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Fed Crape Myrtles and others 33-0-0
8/13/2020 – Fed Crape Myrtles 33-0-0 and threw some on the gate beds (inside and out) and the rose/sunflower bed in the southwest corner of the pond field. The marigolds in the two crape beds in the pond yard as well as the sunflowers, have grown well. Surely due to the regular fertilizing of the […]
Continue ReadingFed Crape Myrtles east of the driveway
7/22/2020 – Only had a little 13-13-13. Threw some on all the Crapes east of the driveway.
Continue ReadingFed Crapes, Tomatoes, et al
7/9/2020 – Fed 33-0-0 to: All the Crape Myrtles. Some of the small ones at the grain bin and along the orchard fence have small blooms The tomatoes where the determinates are likely about done but the indeterminates are as high as the wire Lightly on the small plumbagos in the crape bed The grass […]
Continue ReadingFed Crape Myrtles, Small Oaks, and Texas Laurel
6/13/2020 – It has been two weeks since feeding the crapes. Fed the large ones about 4 handfuls of 33-0-0. They seem to be blooming more since the last two feedings and that is hopefully making up for the missed feedings in late April and early May. Fed the small oaks (new ones and the […]
Continue ReadingFed all Crape Myrtles
6/1/2020 – Fed all Crape Myrtles–in the orchard and the yard–their 2-week feeding to keep them blooming. The fertilizer spread was leftover 15-0-15 and some 33-00-00+00-00-66.
Continue ReadingMoved the 2 remaining Sunset Magic Crapes that have not grown
5/24/2020 – We gave up on the Sunset Magic Crapes doing anything in the front yard along the driveway. Moved them to the empty bed next to the power pole near the yard garden. They were planted on September 20, 2017 and reworked to raise them on January 20, 2020. Never grew after losing most […]
Continue ReadingPlanted Crapemyrtles along new pond yard fence
4/11/2020 – Bought last week at Blair’s two five-gallon Natchez Crapemyrtles, grown by Flowerwood Nursery. Planted them next to the new rail fence along the road south of the pond. Tilled the ground around the locations and deeply where they were planted. Poured Root Stimulator in the bottom of the holes, set the plants, backfilled […]
Continue ReadingFed Crapes with their new leaves & Spiria
3/30/2020 – Fed 13-13-13 to the Natches crapes along the road as new leaves appeared in the past couple of days. Lightly fed the blooming Spiria/Bridal Wreaths in that bed. Lightly fed the Indigo in the beds either side of the driveway gate.
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