Sowed saved Zinnia seeds, April 2025
4/19/2025 – Sowed saved Zinnia seeds in bed outside office/guest room windows; along west grass edge of the north half; and at Lady’s grave.
Continue ReadingAuthor: Tom
Fertilized the Yard, Spring 2025
4/4/2025 – This application was based on the application on 2/21/2024 pasted below. In addition to what we did then, we added 2 1.5 lb. jugs of Extinguish Ant Bait (minus 25/150 or 17%), some for the spreader) mixed in the wheelbarrow in the back of the truck and loaded into the spreader bought at […]
Continue ReadingFertilized Blueberries
4/3/2025 – Fertilized the blueberries with 13-6-6 Slow Release with minerals. They have a lot of blooms.
Continue ReadingDaylilies & Roses Drenched for Aphids and Feeding
4/3/2025 – Given the aphids found in some of the daylily clumps, we bought more Imidacloprid and added it to the daylily feeding drench we used (called it The Concoction) before finding the 13-6-6 slow release bought at the fertilizer plant. We left out the Miracle Grow. The 4-gallon recipe below was applied to all […]
Continue ReadingReplaced Roses in Driveway Bed
3/28/2025 – Bought two roses at Ted and Nancy’s (now Ted’s Fruitstand) and replaced (a) the sickly rose immediately north of the white floribunda and (b) the one in the corner next to the bird feeder. Moved those to the Grain Bin. (a) Sexy Rexy Floribunda (MACrexy) grown by Weeks Roses. Color is Coral Pink. […]
Continue ReadingMary Sowed 24 Better Boys and 22 Big Beef Tomato Seeds
2/26/2025 – In the greenhouse on her new work bench, Mary sowed 24 Better Boys and 22 Big Beef tomato seeds in ~3-in. deep 2×2 plastic pots. Positioned them on the HOSS warming mat spread on the 2″ styrofoam insulation panel.
Continue ReadingSpring Yard Spraying with WFZ
2/25/2025 – The yard has a lot of weeds. Sprayed 2 qts on Front, east side, back and Spider Wort near Martin house. Should have taken 1.25 quarts in 8 gal water. Mixed more at 0.75 Qts in 5 gal that included the little the suction could not get. Going too slow??? Started at 1H […]
Continue ReadingOrdered Flower Seeds
2/18/2025 From Harris Seeds Quantity1 Lavender Hidcote Blue Seed / 500 seeds / UNTREATED $2.84 Quantity2 Vinca Cora Cascade Mix F1 / 25 seeds / UNTREATED $3.42 Quantity1 Marigold Inca II Deep Orange F1 Seed / 250 seeds / UNTREATED $15.09 Quantity1 Marigold Inca II Yellow F1 Seed / 250 seeds / UNTREATED $6.30 Subtotal […]
Continue ReadingSeed Ordered for Spring 2025
1/20/2025 Ordered From SESE 1/20/2025 Poinsett 76 Cucumber, 2 g 1 $3.40 $3.40 Golden Bush Scallop Summer Squash, 3 g 1 $3.90 $3.90 Charleston Belle Sweet Bell Pepper, 0.3 g 1 $3.90 $3.90 Cayenne, Carolina Hot Pepper, 0.3 g 1 $3.90 $3.90 Sub-Total: $15.10 USPS: $5.50 Total: $20.60 Ordered from Harris 1/20/2025 Okra Clemson Spineless […]
Continue Reading