A farmer works in acres not hours.
2/14/2019 – On this Valentines Day Mary was still sick that came on at the end of the trip to Houston. I planted the following. Moved the crepe myrtle growing at the northwest corner of the house to the south center of the grain bin. This crepe was one from the large white one in […]
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Everything is getting larger and some is almost ready to begin harvesting for dinner. In the bottom right of the photo are multiplying onions. The two rows of shoots going up the lower right side are garlic and then bulb onions. The large green leaves next to the onions are mustard greens. To the left […]
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This post was originally a Page for the Grandkids. They can now see all the posts we think they will enjoy most by clicking the “Grandkids” tag. December 2018 to spring 2019 – Every morning Grandma fills her bucket with a special horse feed for older horses and mules and feeds these two old folks; […]
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Mary harvested mustard and swish chard to take to Houston for Piper’s 7th birthday.
Continue ReadingExtended the flower bed in the backyard (now a veggie garden) under the electrical panel and meter, to the north to cover the pump houses. Bought 1 scoop of crushed pine bark mulch and mulched: the wider beds either side of the driveway outside the fence where the climbing roses are and the new roses […]
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2-3-2019 – The garlic and bulb onions are coming up and everything else is getting bigger.
Continue Reading2/2/2019 – All Roses, Daylilies, Sunset Magic crepe myrtles, four small citrus trees, bay tree shoot, and the herb bed with Fish Emulsion.
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2/2/2019 – Blairs had the end of the season blow out sale with up to 75% off. We bought the following: Camellia – Sparkling Burgundy, 3 gallon. Deep Pink Double Blooms. 5′-7″ wide x 4′-6″ wide. Partial Shade. Planted against the wood fence at the road in the southwest corner of the yard where the Bridal […]
Continue Reading2/1/2019 – We applied maybe 26 gallons of fish emulsion in 2-gallon watering cans to: All Roses All Daylilies Purple crepe myrtles The four small citrus trees The bay tree shoot herb bed other
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2/1/2019 – Plowed the garden for the first time with the old Ford moldboard plow gotten in the swap for the old augers. Even though the ground had been disked at least 4 times, and sub soiled, there was still heavy sod in places and Fergie could not pull it through those spots at 6″ […]
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