A farmer works in acres not hours.
12/29/2018 – Justin and Ted have been mowing the north pastures with a John Deere with a high cab that had trouble getting down the lane with all the limbs hanging over. Today, Justin was cutting the limbs with a pole saw and I joined him. We cut it clean between the fences and high […]
Continue ReadingBought from Blairs an Oakland Holly in a 10 gallon pot to serve as our first Christmas Tree at the farm. It is from the Southern Living Plant Collection and is to maintain its “pyramid Growth”. She had it on sale for $58 that was $22 less than a 6′ Christmas. What a deal. The […]
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12/11/2018 – Mustard seeds have sprouted. As the dirt appeared to have crusted a little, and we spread 0-0-66, Mary scratched the dirt with the 4-tine hoe 3-4 days ago. She was worried the seeds might have been damaged.
Continue Reading12/7/2018 – Poured about 8 gallons of fish emulsion on the new larger veggie bed and about 4 gallons on the smaller bed at the back patio. Several days before we side dressed both beds with 0-0-66 and used all of a 4 lb. bag. That was added as the soil tests from the pecan orchard […]
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Note – This post was originally a Page for the Grandkids. To see the content of those pages and more click on the tag “Grandkids”. Cotton is an important crop that requires special equipment to pick, load and haul to the cotton gin. At the same time, the cotton is being picked the field is planted […]
Continue Reading12/2/2018 – The vegetables we planted at the new back patio bed have been a lot of fun to watch and have continually contributed to our meals. So, we wanted a larger garden and today built a 7′ x 35′ bed next to the power pole where the pecans are only on one side. This […]
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12/2/2018 – The vegetables we planted at the new back patio bed have been a lot of fun to watch and have continually contributed to our meals. So, we wanted a larger garden and today built a 7′ x 35′ bed next to the power pole where the pecans are only on one side. This […]
Continue ReadingTed brought 13 heifers and 2 young bulls to the north pastures. They all have short straight horns and have been used for roping. All the other cows are on the south side of the road.
Continue Reading11-20-2018 – Ted brought Biscuit and Gus (31 & 32 years old) for Piper and Olivia to feed while they are here during Thanksgiving. They may retire from Mardi Gras float pulling and other events. Mary feeds them every morning. Gus stands at the fence and watches her through the new larger kitchen window and […]
Continue Reading11/10/2018 – For the past several weeks I have enjoyed collecting the different pecans and studying pecan websites and papers to identify the “cultivars”. Of course, that lead to a new part of this website Pecans, and the pages for each of the ten cultivars of the 39 pecan trees in the orchard, barnyard, and […]
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