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Ordered on 5/20/2026 – VivaGrow’s Pentra-Bark Penetrating Surfactant (4oz). Bought to use with Remedy in place of diesel. The following is an extract from Amazon’s AI. What are the mixing quantities to make one gallon of spray with Remedy for basal treatment? Response – For one gallon of basal bark spray with Remedy and Pentra-Bark, […]
Continue ReadingEstes installed 12/8-9/2025 all new air ducts and a 10″ fume hood exhaust duct. Job was quoted by Brian Bonner and installed by Timbo Johnson and a helper. 2. Replaced vent hood exhaust with 10 in. pipe $1,250.00 Discounting for range hood pipe [for roof vent]. ($500.00) [Did not need as the hole through the […]
Continue Reading8/2/2024 – Sprayed Glyphosate + 2,4-D Amine + Preference non-ionic Surfactant on the back of the ditch on both sides of the road on all areas other than between their driveway and our common property line. That area had been sprayed recently and only had a few survivors–not enough to spray with this amount of […]
Continue ReadingJune 5, 2024 — ESTES installed a 4-ton Bryant 17 Seer 2 Stage Deluxe Gas system. This came with the following: $18,499.00
Continue Reading5/21/2024 – Sprayed north banks (orchard gate to west property line and south road ditch banks from west property line to across from front porch with 4 oz. GLy per gallon with 1 oz. per gallon of 2-4D. That took three gallons. Sprayed remaining south ditch and ditch at the garden based on advice here, […]
Continue Reading10/1/2023 – The barb-wire fence installed by the County’s contractor when the road was paved has been falling apart for years. Now that we own the east 20 acres we hired Ted Strange and Daniel to replace it. They installed this month a 5-wire fence with posts on 8-foot centers with 6×6 “H” braces and […]
Continue Reading7/18-20/2023, 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 Reading2/28/2023 – Completed painting the painted gates in the pecan orchard with Rustolem’s Rust Reformer. This was the first time we have needed to paint them as they are beginning to get small rust spots on the sun side of the pipes. The gates are the double 14-foot gates at the road and the 12-foot […]
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 Reading4/19/2021 – Because termites were a problem with the firewood last year we treated the dirt before placing the pecan firewood from the recent tree removals. Poured a 2% solution of Bifintren-IT 7.9% between the log supports after digging out the leaves and debris to create trenches. Poured a total of 12 gallons mixed in […]
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