Sprayed Magnolia Frascati with neem oil
2/3/2020 – Used the hose-end sprayer to drench it for aphids.
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Sowed Seeds in Tray for Seedlings
2/2/2020 – We wet enough Jiffy Seed Starting Mix to fill the 72 cells in a tray. The mix is composed of peat moss, coconut coir, and vermiculite. With them filled by what fell in we pushed down each one to remove some of the air and had cells that were 1/2 to 2/3’s full. […]
Continue ReadingSprayed Florida Betony, et al, in the Front Yard
2/2/2020 – The front lawn has Florida Betony coming up all over and in some places it is solid. There are other weeds including henbit also scattered in the turf. After much research into herbicides, we settled on ferti-lome’s Weed Free Zone (WFZ) with a non-ionic spreader sticker. On Jan. 25th, I sprayed it on […]
Continue ReadingRaised Sunset Magic Crapes
The three crapes along the east side of the driveway have not grown since planting in September 2017. The only thing we can find that might be the problem is that they are planted low with pine bark mulch over the top of the root ball. The root ball should have been left exposed. We […]
Continue ReadingFed Citrus and Fruit Trees with 13-13-13
1/27/2020 – Fed the following 13-13-13 spread by throwing handfuls around the trees. All citrus in the yard citrus grove and the satsuma in the big garden. The peach and pear trees in the grove and the old Sand Pear next to the big garden
Continue ReadingSpread Wood Ashes under Pecan Tree No. 10
1/27/2020 – Spread 10 gallons of Pecan wood ashes from the fireplace and fire pit under Pecan tree No. 10. — third from the road in the center row.
Continue ReadingSowed Winter RyeGrass seed on the pond banks
1/27/2020 – As Wayne had smoothed out the ripples in the bank, I spread winter ryegrass seed on the slope and some end up on the top edge of the bank. Yesterday it drizzled all day (0.40″) so the top of the slope was muddy but the cyclone seeder spread the seed well other than […]
Continue ReadingOrdered Seeds From SESE
1/26/2020 Product Quantity Price Total French Marigold, Lemon Drop, 0.5 g 1 $2.75 $2.75 Golden Bush Scallop Summer Squash, 3 g 1 $2.75 $2.75 Charleston Belle Sweet Bell Pepper, 0.3 g 1 $2.95 $2.95 Zinnia, State Fair Mixed Colors, 1 g 1 $2.50 $2.50 French Marigold, Spanish Brocade, 0.5 g 1 $2.75 $2.75 Danvers 126 […]
Continue ReadingOrdered Seeds from Johnny’s Seeds
1/26/2020 Garden Combination Inoculant$5.19 Size: 1 UnitDunja Organic (F1) Zucchini Squash Seed$4.75 Size: PacketGold Star F1) Yellow Summer Squash Seed$4.55 Size: PacketSweet Thai Basil Seed$4.55 Size: PacketLi Ren Choi (F1) Green Seed$4.55 Size: PacketGranadero Organic (F1) Tomato Seed$6.95 Size: Packet SUBTOTAL$30.54SHIPPING$10.00EST. SALES TAX$2.44ORDER TOTAL$42.98
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Pond Slopes Fine Graded
1/25/2020 – Wayne returned with the excavator and smoothed out the banks that had become rippled and washed out in places.
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