A farmer works in acres not hours.
4/25/2020 – We added replaced tomatoes and peppers that did not survive with the following: Celebrity tomatoes bought in 2 6-packs Amelia Tomatoes bought in 1 6-pack. Tomatillos we grew from seed planted by Olivia Beefsteak tomatoes grown and given to us my Justin Lee Cayenne peppers we grew from seed planted by Piper Giant […]
Continue Reading4/25/2020 – Thinned the okra to 12″ apart and transplanted some into the gaps. Thinned yellow squash to about 18″ apart.
Continue Reading4/24/2020 – Sprayed about a gallon of Mancozeb+Spreader Sticker on all roses for black spot and botrytis blight. Sprayed the daylilies that have some rust but did not drench them as we will very soon hit them with Dawn and Incinclopedia (sp?). Per the ARS here, we should repeat this in 5 days and that […]
Continue Reading4/22/2020 – Weighted 1 quart of Sunnland Azalea-Gardenia-Camillia 8-4-8 fertilizer and it weighed 1.5 lbs. Used that volume to gauge how much to put on the various plants in the backyard and front yard including along the fence south of the fruit tree orchard. The larger plants, greater that 3 feet tall, got a full […]
Continue Reading4/22/2020 – Thinned the cucumbers to 18-24″ apart. Thinned cantaloupes that are in hills 4′ apart to 2-3 plants.
Continue Reading4/22/2020 – Mixed one of the two 1-gallon packets of Sedgehammer+ in the 24-D pump up sprayer and sprayed the sedge in the: backyard from the pecans to the pump and kitchen yard. The Active Ingredient is Halosulfuron-methyl 5% Targets: Purple Nutsedge, Yellow Nutsedge, Kyllinga
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4/21/2020 – As the pH is better–after the fiasco with to much cottonseed meal–Mary sowed: Salad Bowl lettuce Burpees’ Bloomsdale Long Spinach Tehama Lettuce Champion Radish Snow Peas – Ho Lan Dow Oregon Giant Dwarf Snow Pea
Continue Reading4/21/2020 – The three large white plumbagos we planted last year– in the Crape bed along the rail fence–did not make it through the winter. We planted three one-gallon blue ones bought from Ted & Nancy’s Vegetable Stand. Dug out what looked like independent little ones from the plant in the bed at the house. […]
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4/18 & 19/2020 – We rented an EZ-Trencher from Sunbelt Rental to bury the Extreme Dog Fence, Second Generation, 2020, Standard Grade Kit Package by Extreme Dog Fence with 1,500 feet of wire. The trencher digs great but since you have to pull it backwards it is impossible to maintain a straight line. A low cost […]
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Paul Farill and Justin Lee, with a lot of help from Sylvia, completed Rail Fence: along the road at the pond; on the property line between us and Peggy/Frank back to the ditch; the N-S fence on the west side of the old garden field either side of the new shed. Peg/Frank also had them […]
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