A farmer works in acres not hours.
7/11/2022 – The corn is all brown and we have all the peas we need. The Kentucky Wonder Beans did not produce even one pod. Also mowed the high crabgrass along the Sunflower row and beside the okra in the north half.
Continue ReadingMixed 3 gallons of gly at 4 oz. per gallon in the new backpack sprayer and sprayed around: all pecan trees in the orchard and yard that did not have beds; around the barn and old equipment; around the grain bin; around the blueberries in the yard and pond yard; around the 3 magnolias in […]
Continue Reading7/8/2022 – Mary planted multiplying onion sets in three of the red plastic grow boxes. We moved them tp be lined up outside along the west wall of the greenhouse. The onion sets from G&D were different looking as they had a large (up to ½-inch diameter) stem that had been cut off 1-2 inches […]
Continue Reading7/8/2022 – Placed order with Oakes Daylilies for 3 Lullaby Babies. The Bonus one that they gave was Bitsy. The Lullabies were planted in the lady bed on the north side and west. The Bitsey is at the SW corner of the house next to the plastic downspout pipe. It is a lemon yellow, extra […]
Continue Reading7/7/2022 – Fertilized all crepes with 13-13-13 out to the drip line.
Continue Reading7/2/2022 – Trimmed tomato suckers and end vines and tops of basil plants that have bloomed. The tomatoes are Better Boys and the Basil grew from Prospera® DMR (CG1)Organic (F1) Basil Seed. Trimmed off all lower leaves and planted them in individual pots with Peters Potting Soil mix. Watered them in with rain water and […]
Continue Reading6/8/2022 – A few stink bugs appeared on the tomatoes yesterday and today there were more. Sprayed them with Gordon’s Bug-No-More at 5 oz./gallon. Sprayed 1.5 gallons on the 75 feet of row. 6/9/2022, 7 AM – Picked tomatoes and found no stink bugs.
Continue Reading5/29/2022 – Used Fergie and the cultivator to plow the middles of the peas, beans, cucumbers, and the small squash next to the Ashley cucumbers.
Continue ReadingGiven the 4″+ rain this past week and the corn is tasseling and the squash blooming. I side-dressed them with 13-13-13. The idea of using a balanced fertilizer, rather than just nitrogen, is to replenish the nutrients washed out by the rain while adding nitrogen.
Continue Reading5/28/2022 – Read about Dahlias in the National Gardening newsletter and they sound like something we should try. Mary choose and ordered the ones below. Outsidepride had a wide selection and previous orders were good. Item Name Qty. Item Price Discount Subtotal Dahlia Seeds – Mignon Mix – 500 Seeds (FLOW-DAHMIX-500) 1 $4.99 ea. $0.00 $4.99 […]
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