Grandma and Olivia in the Garden
06/23/2020 – Olivia got up early and went with Grandma to the garden to pick cucumbers.
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Sprayed Tomatoes with Fungicide & Insecticide
6/23/2020, 4 pm – Sprayed Tomatoes with Daconil Fungicide and lightly sprayed peppers that are not bearing. 6/24/2020, 7 am – Sprayed them with Bifenthrin as a preventative for stink bugs although have seen only one or two and killed them.
Continue ReadingSprayed Tomatoes With Spinosad then Dakonil
6/17/2020 – Late afternoon, sprayed tomatoes with Spinosad. Only saw one stink bug. The green tomatoes do not have the many stink bug punctures like last year…so far. The next morning, before leaving for Houston, sprayed them with Dakonil fungicide for the continuing Late Blight. The Roma’s and Beef Stakes have it worse than any […]
Continue ReadingSeed Order from HOSS Tools
Order details Product Total Warrior Bunching Onion $3.99 Matejko Leek $3.99 Pascola Zucchini $4.99 South Anna Butternut Squash – Packet (30 seeds) $4.99
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Deck under Old Oak Completed
6/15/2020 – The deck we envisioned under the old oak, looking out on the pond and north field, was completed this afternoon. The carpentry was the artwork of J.D. Story of Grand Bay. He worked for Josh who sub’ed it from Mike Chadwell.
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Onions from Grandma’s Garden
6/15/2020 – Grandma pulled up her onions as it is time to prepare the garden for the fall crops. They turned out very nice and with a good flavor. She put them into plastic netting bags and hung them in the utility room so the outer skin will dry for storage.
Continue ReadingSprayed Tomatoes with Bifenthrin
6/14/2020 – Sprayed the tomatoes with bifenthrin as part of weekly spraying to stop stink bugs. See a few every day and spray them when they are found. Today was an overall spray rather than just a targetted death blast.
Continue ReadingSide Dressed the 3rd Corn
6/13/2020 – The 3rd or youngest corn planted next to the pecan trees in the south half have tasseled and some silks are showing. Should have side dressed them a few weeks ago but … Threw along one side of each row in a shallow groove 33-0-0. Raked soil back into the groove and hope […]
Continue ReadingFed Crape Myrtles, Small Oaks, and Texas Laurel
6/13/2020 – It has been two weeks since feeding the crapes. Fed the large ones about 4 handfuls of 33-0-0. They seem to be blooming more since the last two feedings and that is hopefully making up for the missed feedings in late April and early May. Fed the small oaks (new ones and the […]
Continue ReadingSprayed Tomatoes with Daconil Fungicide
6/10/2020 – After 7 inches of rain over three days from TS Cristobal, sprayed the tomatoes with Daconil fungicide (Active Ingredient Chlorothalonil) at 1 Tbsp per gallon. Sprayed 2 gallons. This was the first time to use Daconil in the garden. Daconil was recommended for vegetables that are close to harvest as Mancozeb has a […]
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