A farmer works in acres not hours.
4/1/2024 – Sowed about 30 ft row 10-12 inches wide in the north end to the west coast row of the south half. That is the row next to the wide Sunflower row. This is about Row 65ft (measured from the east fence). The row had been hilled to about 6 inches high. Sprinkled the […]
Continue Reading1/30/2024 Links with good info: How to Grow Better Boy Tomatoes
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3/27/2024 – Picked up 10 White Amur Grass Carp from the Alabama Fish & Pond truck at G&D. Put 8 in the big pond and two in the small pond. The plan is they will remove the filamentous algae in the big pond and not let it start in the little one.
Continue Reading3/27/2024 – Mary bought three Grape Tomato plants and the following seeds at G&D while we waited for the Carp fingerings. She plans to sow them in Grow Boxes
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3/16/2024 – Completed a new bed along the front walkway from the east end of the driveway bed to the Daylilies at the SW corner of the house. This is where the Magnolia Frescati had been and part of its stump is now under the mulch. Tilled the sod and added about 4-6 inches of […]
Continue Reading3/13/2024 – Mixed Blossom Booster at 1 Tbsp/gallon and applied to:
Continue Reading3/13/2024 – Used the new cyclone seeder to spread Extinguish targetting 1.5 lbs per acre per the label with the spreader’s gate set to 1/8 inch opening. So, 1/2 lb would almost cover 14,500 SF and that is about the same as the front yard as well as the yard west of the driveway and […]
Continue Reading3/4 & 3/12/2024 – Bought a 12 CY load and a 6 CY Load of crushed pine bark mulch for $30/CY from Longleaf Mulch on Ward Road and hired Anthony Allen to deliver and spread it on these dates for $550+100 to spread and $150+100 to deliver. We had sprayed the weeds with Glyphosphate and […]
Continue Reading3/12/2024 – Transplanted the tomatoes started in the 1-inch small 6X6 trays into 2×2 deep pots. They were about 8″ tall but not yet pot-bound.
Continue Reading3/8/2024 – Fertilized the flower beds, oak leaf hydrangea, and satsuma in the orchard with the slow-release fertilizer other than these plants.
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