A farmer works in acres not hours.
8/21/2023 – Today Bay Well Service replaced the pump that has a 5-year warranty per Ed Williams. The cost was $1600. The new pump is a 4″ submersible, 20 GPM, 1 HP. On 11/29/16 we paid $3400 for the new well and pump. It lasted 7 years given the Cow water tanks, drip, and sprinkler […]
Continue Reading8/18/2021 – Finally installed a hydrant along the rail fence in the daylily bed at the gate to the pond yard. It is on the 3/4″ PVC line that runs across the road to the livestock’s water tank. Mary is happy and watered the Lady Bed, the roses at the driveway gate, and the citrus, […]
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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.
Continue Reading2/27/2020 – Sprayed Permethrin SFR at 1.5 oz. per gallon on: inside and outside the Tack Room the outside of the house the wood shed the Shop the Grain Bin and entrance platform
Continue Reading9/14/2019 – Justice Williamson installed a 1″ Schedule 40 PVC water line from a rebuilt connection at the tank: to the south fence of the garden; then to the NE corner of the garden; then along the road fence to the SE corner of the yard at the power pole. The line was installed using […]
Continue Reading8/7/2019 – Melvin Williams poured 8 CY of concrete with fiber reinforcing in the southmost section of the barn. The slab has an 8″ or so deep edge beam and is at least 4″ thick. He finally wrecked the edge forms on 8/17/2019.
Continue ReadingNow with the brick clean, sprayed the gables, the soffits, and around the windows with Martin’s Permethrin SFR at 28 ml in the 1.5 gallon pump up sprayer. Cleaned the windows of the spray, dust, bugs and bird crashes. Also sprayed inside the firewood shed.
Continue ReadingSevin Liquid Concentrate – 1 Gallon Permethrin SFR Insecticide 36.8 % – SKU-CSI82004505 quart-$33.06Label click here and MSDS click here.
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1/21/2019 – Ted Strange helped install two replacement poles for those that had rotted and two additional poles for the future inside shop wall. The rotted poles where the southeast corner and the one immediately north of that one. When I pried those poles from the beam they fell over. There was hardly any large […]
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2/25/2019 – Disked the plot again with the improved drag that still left grooves at the back outside disks. Raked them out and leveled the area. Planted the Florida King Peach and Pineapple Pear trees bought last week at Blair’s. Spread the wildflower seeds from American Meadows for Butterflies and Hummingbirds in the northeast corner […]
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