Purchased Ag Spray Equipment’s 25-gallon ATV Boomless Sprayer
3/21/2023 – Purchased Ag Spray Equipment’s 25-gallon ATV Boomless Sprayer at G&D. Manual here.
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March 21, Last Frost of Spring 2023
3/21/2023 – This morning was the last frost in what has been a mild winter since the deep freezes just before Christmas. Yesterday morning, the temp fell to 28° with a solid frost and stung the new hydrangea leaves and all the amaryllis blooms.
Continue ReadingFingerlings, Seeds, Seedlings, & Lemon Tree Purchased at G&D
3/17 & 18/2023 – Picked up two more grass carp from Alabama Fish And Pond at G&D to replace the one lost in the little pond. Dale said since it appeared to be pecked behind the head Blue Heron is likely the cause. We have seen a Blue on the edge of the pond. While […]
Continue ReadingRanger Left Us
3/16/2023 – Found Ranger lying in the field when I went to give him his supplements and hay. He got up and followed me to the shed, would not eat, and laid down in the stall. He would not get up. Called First Equine’s emergency line and Dr. First called back within 15 minutes. He […]
Continue ReadingSowed “Florida/Gulf Coast Seed Mixture” in the Pond Yard Beds
3/10/2023 – Sowed Florida/Gulf Coast Seed Mixture from Outsidepride.com in the two beds under the crepes and the corner bed, where one climbing rose survives, along the board fence south of the big pond. Cleared out the dying weeds—sprayed with high-strength glyphosphate last week—and loosened the mulch remaining from last year and the soil where […]
Continue ReadingSprayed Glyphosate On FL Betony
3/5/2023 – Sprayed 41% Glyphosate at 6 oz/gallon on the Florida Betony in all beds to kill the Florida Betrony. 3/18/2023 – The Betony is dying. That concentration worked.
Continue ReadingSpread preemergent herbicide in the yard to prevent crabgrass and other weed germination.
3/2/2023 – Spread Pendulum 2G preemergent herbicide for Crabgrass on spots in the front and west yards and other places listed below to prevent crabgrass and other weed germination. This has been a warm February so maybe should have spread it a few weeks ago.
Continue ReadingWalker Smith & Brother pressure washed house & mulched beds
3/1/2023 – This month Walker Smith and his brother pressure washed the house and distributed mulch we ordered from Long Leaf Mulch co.
Continue ReadingPainted Gates in the Pecan Orchard
2/28/2023 – Completed painting the painted gates in the pecan orchard with Rustolem’s Rust Reformer. This was the first time we have needed to paint them as they are beginning to get small rust spots on the sun side of the pipes. The gates are the double 14-foot gates at the road and the 12-foot […]
Continue ReadingAdded Fingerlings to Small Pond – 1st time
2/24/2023 – This morning we bought at St. Elmo F&S from Alabama Fish & Pond the fingerlings listed below and put them into the small pond. This was the first stocking of that pond dug last winter. They cost about $215.
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