A farmer works in acres not hours.
1/27/2020 – As Wayne had smoothed out the ripples in the bank, I spread winter ryegrass seed on the slope and some end up on the top edge of the bank. Yesterday it drizzled all day (0.40″) so the top of the slope was muddy but the cyclone seeder spread the seed well other than […]
Continue Reading1/26/2020 Product Quantity Price Total French Marigold, Lemon Drop, 0.5 g 1 $2.75 $2.75 Golden Bush Scallop Summer Squash, 3 g 1 $2.75 $2.75 Charleston Belle Sweet Bell Pepper, 0.3 g 1 $2.95 $2.95 Zinnia, State Fair Mixed Colors, 1 g 1 $2.50 $2.50 French Marigold, Spanish Brocade, 0.5 g 1 $2.75 $2.75 Danvers 126 […]
Continue Reading1/26/2020 Garden Combination Inoculant$5.19 Size: 1 UnitDunja Organic (F1) Zucchini Squash Seed$4.75 Size: PacketGold Star F1) Yellow Summer Squash Seed$4.55 Size: PacketSweet Thai Basil Seed$4.55 Size: PacketLi Ren Choi (F1) Green Seed$4.55 Size: PacketGranadero Organic (F1) Tomato Seed$6.95 Size: Packet SUBTOTAL$30.54SHIPPING$10.00EST. SALES TAX$2.44ORDER TOTAL$42.98
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1/25/2020 – Wayne returned with the excavator and smoothed out the banks that had become rippled and washed out in places.
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Wayne Maples still needs to dress up the area around the pond and the banks. But, it keeps raining a little every 4-5 days. This cold morning was very still and the reflections in the water were awesome.
Continue Reading1/24/2020 – Next to the lettuce planted a week or so ago, planted the spinach seeds that have been in the refrigerator to hopefully break its dormancy and get it to germinate quickly. Maybe we could have some baby spinach before it is time to till for the spring garden.
Continue Reading1/23/2020 – Mary planted 36 daylily seeds collected from our plants last season. After 2 weeks some are coming up.
Continue Reading1/22/2020 – Fed liquid fertilizer on: Both onion rows in the yard garden were fed Super Bloom for its high phosphorus per Dixondale. In the Big Garden fed Miracle Grow to: the Bloomsdale Long Standing spinach that is only 4″ tall Buttercrunch Lettuce last planting that is only 4″-6″ tall Swiss Chard that is 4″-6″ […]
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1/17/2020 – After Justice Williamson knocked down the piles of dirt at the hole at the barn, he went to the Creek Field and pulled out tallow trees along the south side of Mary’s Springs. He left about 8:30 PM. He returned 1/19/2020 and clear a lot more.
Continue Reading1/17/2020 – Wayne Maples hauled in two 10 CY loads of sandy red clay from the pond he is digging for a neighbor. One load was dumped in the low place in the lane under the old oaks on the east property line. The second was dumped in and next to the long deep hole […]
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