A farmer works in acres not hours.
9/25/2017 – Paul Ferril began installing a 4-board fence along the east side of the yard, changing to only 2×4 wire from a new gate across from the grain bin back to the lane fence. Only 2×4 wire along the existing fence past the barn and south to the new gate at the road. 11/25/2017 […]
Continue Reading9/18/2017 – TNT Construction unloaded Hardie Plank sheeting and boards for facia. Work began the next day and stumbled on until Friday with Timothy and his brother got the gable over the carport near completion so we could see it. Scope has increased to include beadboard for the soffits and the ceiling of the two porches. […]
Continue ReadingThis work week was to be the week of Labor Day but that was the week before Hurricane Harvey happened. Houston flooded. Postponed this work until recovery was underway and no new surprises should arise. In the meantime, Hurricane Irma hit Florida and came up the west coast but died down before it went very […]
Continue ReadingApex Roofing and Restoration, 993 Yeager Parkway, 251-660-4555, Kelly and BeverlyKeith Horness – cell 920-287-2836, ap********************@***il.comAdam Stewart, QC, 256-962-2028Installers: Sergio, his daughter Jennifer and his younger brother. Shingle are GAF’s Timberline HD, Weatherwood stylePeak “Ice & Rain II Underlayment” Click here to see all photos in DropBox folder. Shingles were to be delivered Monday, 7/3 but supplier […]
Continue ReadingJuly 6 & 7, 2017 – As the row of pecan trees next to the house back to the grain bin had become very tall and spindly–growing so close together–Steve Cain’s (Cain’s Tree and Landscaping) advice was to “top” them so they would not be so susceptible to high winds. We also decided to top rather […]
Continue ReadingSaturday, July 1 – JD cranked and we mowed the front and west yard. The capacitor on the AC compressor went out and Shane with ESTES replaced it. Charged tractor batteries. Sunday Mary finished cutting the grass and I trimmed the back of the ditch that Ted had sprayed. Trimmed around pecans and various places. Charged Fergie’s battery, […]
Continue ReadingThis long holiday weekend began on an almost cool Wednesday afternoon, May 24, 2017. Thursday and Friday was also cool but warming up. By Friday afternoon: Mary weeded the front beds while Tom installed the new mower deck belt and ignition switch on the JD Lawn Tractor, greased the blade arbor shafts and adjusted the mower […]
Continue ReadingThis was a short work session of only three days so we concentrated on getting the yard in good shape to begin the summer.
Continue ReadingAllium Gardening It’s Time for Alliums Contributed by The Old Farmer’s Almanac Staff. Extracted from TSC’s web site on 3/25/17. As the days grow longer, the time draws near to get the alliums going! What is an allium? Alliums are more familiarly known as onions and include garlic, leeks, and chives as well as numerous […]
Continue ReadingMeyer Lemon http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/49905/ http://floridata.com/Plants/Rutaceae/Citrus%20meyeri/1067 River Birch http://homeguides.sfgate.com/river-birch-tree-43016.html Trees for the Eastern Shore Go to the pdf file here. Dogwood Trees Planting Dogwood Care Bare root and burlap dogwood trees should be transplanted in late fall or early spring. Container grown trees can be transplanted any time of the year, provided they are watered regularly after […]
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