Fertilized Beds, Blueberries, & Magnolias
8/4/2023 – Spread 13-6-6 Time Release on:
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Ordered Fall Garden Seed From HOSS
7/31/2023 Product Total Temptress Sweet Corn – 150 seeds × 2Seed Quantity:150 seeds $9.98 Hoss Green Blaze Bush Bean (PV857) – 100 seeds × 2Seed Quantity:100 seeds $11.98 Pascola Zucchini × 1 $4.99 Subtotal: $26.95 Shipping: $4.99 via Orders below $49 Tax: $0.00 Payment method: Credit/Debit Card Total: $31.94
Continue ReadingApplied Remedy to Oaks in Blueberry Bushes
7/29/2023 – Birds have dropped acorns in the blueberry bushes. The little oaks were cut off and the stumps “painted” with Remedy plus diesel. The mixture was in a pint jar that was half filled with diesel (8 oz.) then 2 oz. of remedy added and a splash of non-ionic surfactant. Shook it to mix […]
Continue ReadingTrimmed Down Blueberries & Removed Three
07/28/2023 – Cut the tops out of the blueberry bushes as the berries are gone. After years of thinking they need to be shorter, we finally pruned them down to about 6-7 feet tall. That was about 1.5 feet shorter than in the past. The debris filled the truck bed. 07/31/2023
Continue ReadingSprayed Crab Grass et al in Big Garden with Gly
7/19/2023 – 4 oz/gallon with Backpack sprayer with TeeJet red tip on a hot afternoon.
Continue ReadingResprayed big pond edge for weeds
7/18/2023 – Last week sprayed the weeds along the edge but it showered within a hour. Then had a hard rain and it got out of its banks. Only the soft-stem broadleaf weeds died. Resprayed big pond edge for weeds with Shoreclear at 4oz/gal.
Continue ReadingSprayed Patio Pavers with Wet-n-Forget
7/18-19/2023 – Sprayed Wet-n-Forget on the side patio twice as it soaked in fast. Almost a full hose-end container was applied. Yesterday sprayed the back patio.
Continue ReadingPulled Up 3 Fruit Trees
7/16/2023 – Pulled up the 2 southmost citrus trees near the west side of driveway and the pear tree at the NE corner of the Lady Daylily Bed. The Blood Orange had never borne fruit and was damaged by the deep freezes this past winter. The satsuma has two main trunks about 18 inches above […]
Continue ReadingCarpenter Ants in Pecan Trees
7/7/2023 – Found carpenter ants in 8-10 pecan trees in the orchard. Also in the northmost tree next to the pole barn and the southmost tree near the house that had been struck by lightning. Killed them with Bifrin IT at 1 oz/gal. They were also around the Sand Pear tree and the Old Oak.
Continue ReadingGarden Produce Frozen Summer 2023
As of 7/6/2023
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