A farmer works in acres not hours.
3/8/2020 – In the early morning, disked the south half of the garden where the elbon rye has grown well. A surprising amount of sod and the soil clumped up a lot after disking it twice. It is perhaps a bit damp. In the afternoon, plowed the north and south half other than the center […]
Continue Reading3/4/2020 – Three readings were taken at 8:30 AM in the north end that has been disked but not plowed. All three were 69 F, 3″ down. The past three days have been in the high 60s to low 70s leading up to the rain today. The low last night was 69 F. Note the […]
Continue Reading3/4/2020 – Tom spread by handfuls 50 lbs of cottonseed meal on: all roses inside the fence but missed the ones outside at the gate; all camellias; all small azaleas. The small plants got 3-4 big handfuls and the larger Knockout roses got 6-8 handfuls. The meal was some that Peg and Frank got from […]
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3/3/2020 – After Wayne Maples finished the final grading of the pond area this morning we bought two 25 lb bags of Pennington Terra Verde bermuda grass mix and 5 lbs of TifBlair Centipede seed at Hurley Farm & Feed. The day before the soil temperature was 61-63 F, at the end of the fully […]
Continue Reading2/1/2020 – Sometime during early February tree no. 21 was struck by lightning. Bark littered the ground around it and a gash is visible. Tree 21 is west of the rail fence and immediately north of the 4-foot gate.
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2/29/2020, Leap Day – To further prepare for the spring garden today we harvested the: remaining few spinach and lettuce leaves the remaining small broccoli heads the remaining Icicle radish the remaining Daikon Radish and the carrots. The surprise was the carrots. The leaf tops never got more than 6″ tall and were not filled […]
Continue Reading2/29/2020 – Based on the advice at American Sportfish Hatchery, we began feeding the Coppernose Bluegill and Fathead Minnows in mid-afternoon when the water is warmer. Also, waited until mid-morning to let it begin to warm up. Up to this date, we have feed early AM and near sundown. But, have not been seeing them […]
Continue Reading2/27/2020 – Sprayed Permethrin SFR at 1.5 oz. per gallon on: inside and outside the Tack Room the outside of the house the wood shed the Shop the Grain Bin and entrance platform
Continue Reading2/27/2020 – Mixed 2 gallons of 1.5 fl. oz./gal of Martin’s Dominion Tree & Shrub (Imidacloprid 1.47%) and poured it in a 3-ft band about 1 foot away from the multi-trunk. This is a followup to the recent neem oil drench of the leaves. 5/1/2020 – The label says: Trees: 1/2 oz per inch of distance […]
Continue ReadingThis was only in the north half. On the east side also took out the two rows of mustard and the row of beets. On the west side disked only the cereal Elbon Rye. The Elbon Rye is still growing in the south half and Ranger enjoys it. Before all the above we pulled up […]
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