A farmer works in acres not hours.
2/10/2022 – Spread 40 lbs of Pendulum 2G to control crabgrass in the yard. The last application on 10/26/2021 using the cyclone seeder set at 2 seemed to be about the right rate and it did control/eliminate the burweed. At the setting of 2 it appeared to spread 3.5 lbs/1000sf. The application rate table in […]
Continue Reading2/12/2022 – Spread 8-8-8 on Citrus and Blueberries. The citrus trees got 4-6 handfuls scattered 1-2 feet outside the drip line. The small blueberries east of the barn got 3-4 handfuls and the old row got 6-8 handfuls on the average out to 3-4 feet beyond the drip line.
Continue Reading2/12/2022 – Bought ½ lb. Kentucky Wonder Bush Beans and 2 lb. yellow onion sets at G&D Feed. We also bought a cypress wood duck house for the little pond, 2 sacks of horse feed, 1 sack of fish food, and a 5-gallon gas can. Ordered a galvanized predator guard from Amazon for the duck […]
Continue Reading2/5/2022 – Ordered from HOSS: Product Total Goldprize Squash × 1 $4.99 Hoss Germination Mat (100 Watt) 20.75? wide x 48? long $74.99 Germination Thermostat × 1 $49.99 Subtotal: $129.97 Shipping: Free Over $99 (US 48 States) Tax: $0.00 Payment method: Credit/Debit Card Total: $129.97
Continue Reading2/3/2022 – Mary sowed 28 Betterboy tomato seeds that arrived today from Harris Seeds. Sowed in 3″ pots in the Greenhouse. The seeds had been treated with Thiram. Germination requires them to be at 75-80° with a minimum of 45°. At this hour, another line of storms is blowing in and the temp is 80°. […]
Continue Reading2/3/2021 – Ordered from Johnny’s Seeds: Prospera® DMR (CG1) Organic (F1) Basil Seed ID: 3597G.11 Size: Packet Price:$5.15 Sugar Cube (F1) Melon Seed ID: 4399.11 Size: Packet Price:$5.80
Continue Reading2/2/2022 – To get ready for plowing, we harvested the remaining cabbage and broccoli. The beets were still less than 3″ high and the spinach was small and tough. The mustard could have provided a few “messes” but Mary said NO. So, that meant it went to kill RKNs, hopefully. Disked it all in and […]
Continue Reading1/31/2022 – Pruned out the small stuff, crossing limbs, dead limbs, and suckers from all crepe myrtles.
Continue Reading1/31/2021 – As done successfully in 2021, sprayed 6oz/gal Glyphosate of FL betony in east daylily bed at the orchard, along the Crepe bed by the road and the bed beside the guest room and office.
Continue Reading1/29/2022 – Checked the pH with the meter along four east-west lines as cited below. At the pear tree: East 6.4 – 6.5 – at Weather Sta., 6.0 – west 5.7 (1) At the satsuma: East 6.2 – 6.5 – west 5.0 Near 2nd pecan: 6.5 – 6.6 – 6.4 At south pecan: 6.6 – […]
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