A farmer works in acres not hours.
7/13/2021 – The oldest knockout on the west side of the front porch has a cane with wilting leaves like the former rose behind it had. We are concerned that it is again root rot as discussed here. Poured 1.5 gallons of 3:1 water to hydrogen peroxide all around the rose stump out about 18″ from […]
Continue Reading7/13/2021 – Sprayed the back of the road’s ditch with Glyphosate mixed with Weed-B-Gon with crabgrass control plus a non-ionic surfactant (NIS). There were many large patches of crabgrass and a lot of amaranth about to bloom. Mixed it in the 2-gallon sprayer for Gly+2,4D by adding 8 oz of 41% glyphosate to 1 gallon […]
Continue Reading7/12/2021 – The tomatoes had a few green ones but in the past weeks only a couple would survive the bugs and excess rain to mature. In fairness to the Super Sweet Cherry tomatoes, they had a lot of green ones that could have been harvested if one wanted to spend the time every day […]
Continue Reading7/12/2021 – Fed each of the three Magnolias a little more than 1 cup of 8-8-8. The granules were thrown along the outside edge of the root ball.
Continue Reading7/10/2021 – Gathered suckers, large and small, from the Celebrity tomato plants for the fall garden. Mary planted them in the 6″ pots that have 4-5″ of potting soil; i.e. buried deep as she put a lot of dirt in each pot. They will root in the Greenhouse.
Continue Reading7/9/2021 – Ordered Marigolds and Jalapenos from Harris Seeds. Product image Description Quantity Price Marigold Inca II Yellow F1 Seed / Untreated / 50 Seeds 1 $4.80 Pepper Everman F1 Seed / Treated / 50 Seeds 1 $7.60 Pepper Early Jalapeno Organic Seed / Organic / 50 Seeds 1 $3.00 Marigold Inca II Deep Orange […]
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7/2/2021, 7:30 AM – Before breakfast, Piper & I went to the Springs. At the Old Oaks, we added 2 bales and repositioned bales to stop washing…hopefully.
Continue Reading6/25/2021 – Given the 5.81 inches of rain from TS Claudette last week, finally side-dressed the tomatoes and peppers as that much rain surely washed out the nitrogen and potash. Intended to side-dress them sooner but the daily threat of rain and some we did get, is my excuse. Threw some on the white scalloped […]
Continue Reading6/25/2021 – We mixed 75 gallons (3 25-gallon tanks) of our Concoction that is based on the Modified Hooker Formula for daylilies. The mix below was measured into a 2.5-gallon watering can and water added to dilute it. We used the 3/4″ ID tubing to distribute the mix on all the beds and plants in […]
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