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3/15/2021, 11 AM – Took a sample from the east side near the feeding location. Results from the Aquacheck Test Strips were: pH = 6.8 Total Alkalinity was between 0 and 40 ppm. Total Hardness was 50 ppm. 2:00 PM – Collected a new water sample from the same location and tested the Carbonate Hardness […]
Continue Reading3/15/2021 – Sowed presprouted Bloomsdale Long Standing Spinach seeds & planted Super Sweet tomatoes in Mary’s garden. The spinach seeds had been soaked overnight, drained, and put into a pint mason jar with the lid on it. The jar was put into the butter tray of the outside refrigerator. The seeds had grown a white […]
Continue Reading3/13/2021 – Today we fed the backyard daylilies, roses, hydrangeas, and spireas the Hooker formula with the Epsom Salts as opposed to the last feeding of daylilies when we left it out. We added the Epsom Salts this time as the Roses seemed to like it even though the soil test shows we have high […]
Continue Reading3/13/2021 – Roses have begun to leaf out and a little black spot is appearing. Sprayed until dripped Propiconazole 14.3 at 1/2 tsp in one gallon of water plus Bonide Mancozeb Flowable with Zinc. Added a non-ionic surfactant.
Continue Reading3/13/2021 – We moved the gardenia that was in front of the picture window to the location of the former pecan tree removed last month. The pecan was the north one in the south end of the Indigo/Hydrangea bed on the east side of the backyard. We planted where the gardenia had been a recently […]
Continue Reading2/11/2021 – Spread 2 CY of crushed pine bark mulch on the daylily bed at the pond gate to the road and then the beds west of the driveway that were: the rose & lily bed along the driveway at the patio the amaryllis, lily, and rose bed under the kitchen window; the small rose […]
Continue Reading3/9/2021 – Bought the following seeds at G&D Farm Store. ½ oz. Paris Island Lettuce – This will be our first time to try it. ½ oz. Salad Bowl Lettuce ½ oz. Buttercruch Lettuce 1 oz. Hales Best Cantaloupe All packets are in small zip lock bags with handwritten labels.
Continue Reading3/9/2021 – Mary sowed the Paris Island Lettuce seed, we bought from G&D, in a half tray with the small cells. This is our first time to try this romaine style lettuce as we were surprised to find it being sold locally in store-prepared zip locks; i.e. for the locals who are clearly planting it […]
Continue Reading3/9/2021 – Although the soil Frank gave us was to contain fertilizer, some of the seedlings appeared to need feeding. Mary fed them all with a weak Miracle Grow solution mixed 1 teaspoon in a 2-gallon watering can.
Continue ReadingSawed dead limbs from the Azalea on the east side of the path to the barn. Sprayed well with Mancozeb. This is a continuation of the issues first treated here.
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