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4/30/2020 – Spread 5 lbs of Pennington Numex Sahara BermudaGrass unhulled seed. The seed was Penkoted and had been treated “with what is commonly known as Stimulate”. It was spread in: the dirt area between the barn and grain bin; the bare spots along old fence line near blueberries; bare spots near the pond gate; […]
Continue Reading4/29/2020 Recap: Mary grew very healthy Roma, Celebrity, and Tomatillos seedlings. We planted them in the garden in holes with 15-0-15 thrown in and mixed a bit with the soil. They looked great for almost a week then most died. Likely due to so much nitrogen so close to the young roots. Earlier, while Piper […]
Continue ReadingNOTE – Several of these plants were frozen in the three low-20° cold spells during the first months of 2021. The ones that may have lived were badly damaged. All four were removed and azaleas for the backyard row were planted. 4/28/2020 – Planted four 3-gallon Oleanders, bought at Ted & Nancy’s Vegetable Stand, on […]
Continue Reading4/27/2020 – Cultivated the 2nd corn planting, that is 4 rows, in rows 7 to 11. Also cultivated the peas and the zipper pea row that did not come up to get it ready to plant MS Creme Peas tomorrow. The cultivating left a perfect slot next to the corn for the side-dressing of 33-0-0 […]
Continue Reading4/27/2020 – Picked up 3-50 lb sacks of Sportsman’s Choice® Fingerling Fish Feed from Hurley F&F. Threw out 4-5 handfuls in and around the PVC pipe circle.
Continue Reading4/25/2020 – Sprayed Weed-Free-Zone with Spreader Sticker on: Small places in the front yard where the Florida Betony is still growing; under the pecan tree at the ditch just east of the driveway; along the old fence line next to the blueberry bushes where spiderwort was not killed with earlier sprayings; extensive burweed around and […]
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4/25/2020 – We added replaced tomatoes and peppers that did not survive with the following: Celebrity tomatoes bought in 2 6-packs Amelia Tomatoes bought in 1 6-pack. Tomatillos we grew from seed planted by Olivia Beefsteak tomatoes grown and given to us my Justin Lee Cayenne peppers we grew from seed planted by Piper Giant […]
Continue Reading4/25/2020 – Thinned the okra to 12″ apart and transplanted some into the gaps. Thinned yellow squash to about 18″ apart.
Continue Reading4/24/2020 – Sprayed about a gallon of Mancozeb+Spreader Sticker on all roses for black spot and botrytis blight. Sprayed the daylilies that have some rust but did not drench them as we will very soon hit them with Dawn and Incinclopedia (sp?). Per the ARS here, we should repeat this in 5 days and that […]
Continue Reading4/22/2020 – Weighted 1 quart of Sunnland Azalea-Gardenia-Camillia 8-4-8 fertilizer and it weighed 1.5 lbs. Used that volume to gauge how much to put on the various plants in the backyard and front yard including along the fence south of the fruit tree orchard. The larger plants, greater that 3 feet tall, got a full […]
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