A farmer works in acres not hours.
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 […]
Continue Reading2/14/2019 – On this Valentines Day Mary was still sick that came on at the end of the trip to Houston. I planted the following. Moved the crepe myrtle growing at the northwest corner of the house to the south center of the grain bin. This crepe was one from the large white one in […]
Continue Reading1/27/2019 – We cut out dead wood, water sprouts, limbs that were out of balance, and the little junk on the following trees: the new Shumard Oak in the barnyard; the live oak just west of the grain bin; the live oak at the northwest corner of the barn next to the ditch; the pear […]
Continue ReadingThe new Citrus trees have leaf curl and leaf miner issues; not including the southmost along the driveway. Had 1/2 gal. of systemic fungicide mixed so added 2T of Neem Oil and sprayed them.—–NOTE: The leaf curl was due to aphids and the Neem Oil did not suffocate them as hoped. Also sprayed the three […]
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We bought and planted a 30-gallon Shumard Oak tree in the Barn Yard to someday shade the south-most section where the shop will be…someday. Bought it for $150 from Brian, the owner of Hilltop Tree Farm LLC on Grand Bay-Wilmer Road.
Continue Reading1/17/2019 – Planted just east of the double gate to the road from the pecan orchard, a 3 gal. Oakleaf Hydrangea “Semmes Beauty” bought at Blair’s on sale for half price; i.e. $10. Oak-leaf hydrangeas are another North American native, having been discovered in Georgia in 1773. Also called swamp snowball, it is hardy to […]
Continue Reading1/9/2019 Bought two scoops (1/2 CY total) crushed pine bark mulch at Woerners. Spread it about 2″ deep on the four new camellia beds, the Bay Tree bed and, 1/2 of the bed at the office window. 1/11/2019 Bought two more scoops and finished the front and side yard beds: along the front of the […]
Continue Reading10/24/2018 – As we had a light all-day drizzly rain yesterday–that should have made the dry soil workable–and tomorrow is 100% chance of rain we decided we had to get the last of the yard work done, including mulching and spreading the wildflower seeds, before the rain tomorrow. Widened bed between the walkway to the […]
Continue ReadingAfter the 150th Year Reunion at Union Baptist Church, we enlarged the small bed with the Bay Leaf tree and two daylilies. The bed was extended to create a corner and to provide space to hold the two Grandiflora roses that were along the 4-board fence between the crepes. They had not done well there likely […]
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