A farmer works in acres not hours.
4/3/2019 – Built a round compost bin with 48″ high field fence. Placed in next to the grain bin at the blower/dryer. Put the yard garden debris and the wildflowers debris removed from the bed along the wood fence/road. 4/6/2019 – We have pulled the wildflowers and weeds from the backyard beds and out them […]
Continue ReadingPlanted 8 hills of yellow squash and 8 of zucchini.
Continue Reading3/29/2019 – Applied 2 cups of 34-0-0 in our double 22 ft row based on table below extracted from here. Stage Number of Leaves Amount to Apply per Acre Total Applied for Season* Pre Plant 4 20 units 40 Roots Established (2 weeks after planting) 5 20 units 60 Slow Growth (every 2 weeks) 6-8 […]
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Borrowed Frank’s hiller and hilled 8 rows. Planted G90 corn in the south 50 ft of the east 4. Okra in 50 ft of the 5th and a little bell pepper in the 6th. The bell pepper seed did not feed well though the seeder-perhaps because there was very little seed. After lunch, planted the […]
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We had pulled the brussel sprouts–that never produced–and the broccoli plants that produced great as well as some of the multiplying onions that bolted. Those areas were then “tilled” deep with the TroyBuilt Cultivator.
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3/18/2019 – We bought at Blair’s a second Autumn Sunburst Encore Azalea for the west side of the gate to balance the one on the east side. It cost $30. I stopped at Sessions Farm Market after lunch and they were unloading four pallets of hibiscus. I bought two 3-gallon Painted Ladies and two 3-gallon […]
Continue ReadingAlmost 50% of the multiplying onions are bolting, and the broccoli is done for. The mixed Mesculun lettuce has some damaged by the cold last week, some leaves are too large and some are too small. Based on info found at several web sites, the bolting is due to the very cold nights last week […]
Continue Reading3/12/2018 – Mary, Piper, and Olivia planted marigold seedlings in the new camellia beds where the original seedlings were bitten by the two cold nights last week.
Continue Reading3/12/2019 – The soil test says it needs 120#-0-120# per acre. As the garden is about 1/3 acre it needs 40#-0-40#. So, a 15-0-15 fertilizer means: 15% of 50 lbs is 7.5# per bag. So, 40/7.5=6 bags. Bought six 50 lb. bags of 15-0-15 plus iron at Agri Afc on Dawes Rd. Spread five bags […]
Continue Reading3/9/2019 – Paul Farill built the fence along the north and west side of the new garden space just east of the pecan orchard. The existing heavy “bull wire” fence, adjacent to the pecan trees, was removed and the posts and mesh used in the new fence. The garden is now part of the orchard. […]
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