A farmer works in acres not hours.
7/18-20/2023, Ted mowed the north pastures with his new MF and a 10 ft. bush hog. 8/14/2023 – I used Fergie and the 4 ft bush hog to mow the edges in the creek field Wayne cleared 2 years ago and under the two old big oaks where Ted did not mow due to no […]
Continue Reading11/10/2021 – Spread 5 lbs Ryegrass on washes at the Springs at: North side of old oaks washing out area on south side of springs west of Old Oaks washing area on north side, west end where large cleared area has hay bales
Continue Reading8/7/2021 – Sprayed 12 gallons of 2,4-D Amine plus Remedy Ultra at 1 ounce per gallon each plus 1/2 ounce per gallon of Non-ionic Surfactant at the following locations on the north and south side of Mary’s Springs: briars in the center of the Creek Field that I missed; briars and tallow on the east […]
Continue Reading7/21/2021 – Ted’s spraying the fields did a great job but given the style of sprayer there were places that were not sprayed and tallow trees and sweet gums that did not get enough. The following is the plan and what was done.
Continue Reading7/17/2021 – The washes at the Old Oaks are about a foot deep so pushed the edges in to hopefully create a slower flow. Spread more Pensacola Bahia seed: heavy at that location; at the bald spot just west of there; at the steep area on the west end south side; and at the steep […]
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7/2/2021, 7:30 AM – Before breakfast, Piper & I went to the Springs. At the Old Oaks, we added 2 bales and repositioned bales to stop washing…hopefully.
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5/22/2021 to 6/2/2021 – This post is for the major events for the clearing and seeding of the west side of the creek and the north and south sides of Mary’s Springs. The primary vegetation removed were Tallow Trees and muscadine vines. This adds about 2.6 acres to the pasture land while making the creek […]
Continue Reading5/31/2021 – Sowed Pensacola Bahia grass seed in the three areas below that Wayne Maples completed clearing and leveling yesterday. Areas derived from Google Earth. North-South area along the west side of the creek – 39.5 KSF East-West area along the south side of Mary’s Springs – 21 KSF East-West area along the north side […]
Continue Reading10/21/2020 – We went to the Springs and watered the little azaleas planted last week. Then we scattered wildflower seeds gathered from our flowers last year. One bag was Beach Sunflowers and the other was a mix of whatever we gathered. Those bags were spread in the “Bowl” and the west end of the Springs […]
Continue Reading10/14/2020 – We planted four Rhododendron Austrinum native azaleas in the west end of Mary’s Springs. They were: Florida Flame Azalea Apricot Millie Mac Reagan They were ordered from https://www.mailordernatives.com/.
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