A farmer works in acres not hours.
5/9/2020 – Mary was excited to find a half bucket of her favorite green beans. They were hanging in clusters below the leaves and we had not noticed them until Fergie turned one over at the end of the row and Mary saw the pods.
Continue Reading5/8/2020 – The Gold Star (F1) yellow squash has grown well with no disease or bug damage so far. There are many blooms and bees that today yielded three squash.
Continue Reading5/8/2020 – Below water quality values obtained using HACH’s AquaChek test strip. Total Hardness – 1.5 Total Alkalinity – 0 pH – 6.2
Continue Reading5/8/2020 – The 1st corn, G-90, is tasselling and silking so side dressed it with 33-0-0 with a handful of lime in about 2 gallons of fertilizer. Spread about 4 gallons on both sides of the five 60′ rows. Then rake it in. The cantaloupes and cucumbers are vining so side dressed them with the […]
Continue Reading5/7/2020 – The Dunja zucchini has grown quickly and with little disease or bug damage. We have had nights in the 50’s so that has to help suppress those issues. This was the first day we picked more than one of the zucchini.
Continue ReadingBrian Woodham/Driskell Cotton Farm and his son Jimmy, finished bailing hay (grass the cows did not eat) and hauling it away. He was happy with the 71 bales. The yearlings had gained about 300 lbs each. They will be on their way to Nebraska next week. His crew hauled out old troughs, the water tank […]
Continue Reading5/5/2020 – When watering and weeding this morning we found black spots on the 1st PEPH peas (Alternaria leaf blight) and white/tan spots and decayed areas on the yellow squash and a few on the Zucchini. Sprayed 1.5 gallons on them with the last of the Bonide and a little Southern Ag Copper based fungicide […]
Continue Reading5/3/2020 – The three rows of KWB in the south half planted on 3/27/2020 must have been planted too early and the weather was too cool as the germination was very poor. In addition, they were sown with the red plastic planter that never sowed evenly and has now been replaced with the HOSS planter. […]
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5/1/2020 – Used the JD tiller to prepare the soil in the space that was the pond-side of the yard-pond fence at the road where the new rail fence extends into what was the double-wide gate. The bed had been a large curved bed in the corner of the rail fence and the pond fence. […]
Continue Reading5/30/2020 – Below water quality values obtained using HACH’s AquaChek test strip. At 7:00 AM Total Hardness – 1.5 Total Alkalinity – 0 pH – 6.2 At 12 Noon Total Hardness – 1.5 Total Alkalinity – 0 pH – 6.8
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