A farmer works in acres not hours.
6/27/2020 – The concept to mix a contact and a systemic fungicide seems smart. Found a recommendation that sounded well conceived–at the end of this post–and this spray and the followup plan below is based on that advice.
Continue Reading6/25/2020 – Placed Order for on-sale seeds.
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06/23/2020 – Olivia got up early and went with Grandma to the garden to pick cucumbers.
Continue Reading6/23/2020, 4 pm – Sprayed Tomatoes with Daconil Fungicide and lightly sprayed peppers that are not bearing. 6/24/2020, 7 am – Sprayed them with Bifenthrin as a preventative for stink bugs although have seen only one or two and killed them.
Continue Reading6/17/2020 – Late afternoon, sprayed tomatoes with Spinosad. Only saw one stink bug. The green tomatoes do not have the many stink bug punctures like last year…so far. The next morning, before leaving for Houston, sprayed them with Dakonil fungicide for the continuing Late Blight. The Roma’s and Beef Stakes have it worse than any […]
Continue ReadingOrder details Product Total Warrior Bunching Onion $3.99 Matejko Leek $3.99 Pascola Zucchini $4.99 South Anna Butternut Squash – Packet (30 seeds) $4.99
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6/15/2020 – The deck we envisioned under the old oak, looking out on the pond and north field, was completed this afternoon. The carpentry was the artwork of J.D. Story of Grand Bay. He worked for Josh who sub’ed it from Mike Chadwell.
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6/15/2020 – Grandma pulled up her onions as it is time to prepare the garden for the fall crops. They turned out very nice and with a good flavor. She put them into plastic netting bags and hung them in the utility room so the outer skin will dry for storage.
Continue Reading6/14/2020 – Sprayed the tomatoes with bifenthrin as part of weekly spraying to stop stink bugs. See a few every day and spray them when they are found. Today was an overall spray rather than just a targetted death blast.
Continue Reading6/13/2020 – The 3rd or youngest corn planted next to the pecan trees in the south half have tasseled and some silks are showing. Should have side dressed them a few weeks ago but … Threw along one side of each row in a shallow groove 33-0-0. Raked soil back into the groove and hope […]
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