A farmer works in acres not hours.
9/14/2020 – Hours before the wind and rain are to start from Hurricane Sally I sprinkled, 2019 Tendergreen mustard seed in 15 feet of the north end. The seed had been soaked at room temperature overnight. Then put onto a paper plate to dry some to be easier to sow. They were spread differently than […]
Continue Reading9/5/2020 – Pre-sprouted the leftover Ruby Queen Beet seed in a half-pint mason jar. They took about 5 days to have nice 1/8″ long red sprouts. Some did not sprout so dropped them in a little thick. Sowed them in the row immediately east of the pumpkin row on the north end of the south […]
Continue Reading9/4/2020 – The small gnat-like flies and small dark eggs are back every morning despite the two malathion sprays and two Bug-No-More with Zeta-cypermethrin (sp?) sprayings. The eggs and problem with the leaves looks like the early stages of squash vine borer. Several places recommended Spinosad. Went to Hurley F&S and bought Ferti-lome’s Spinosad Soap […]
Continue Reading9/4/2020 – Sowed pre-sprouted spinach in the center of the fourth row from the fence–second row east of the pumpkins.
Continue Reading8/1/2020 – Based on the advice at https://plantaddicts.com/fertilizing-hydrangeas/, fed the original farm’s hydrangeas 8-8-8 spread around the edge of the drip line.
Continue Reading5/14/2020 – Spread on the old garden, now known as Ranger’s Pasture, 200 lbs. of 15-00-15 at 200 lbs./acre on the 1.1 acres; i.e. 49,200 SF. That is about 4 lbs per 1,000 SF. The JD Spreader setting was 2-1/4 that should have been the 4 lbs per 1,000 SF. But, I was going faster […]
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Spread 5 lbs of hull Bermuda grass seed bought at G&D Feed Store.
Continue Reading4/15/2020 – The hibiscus plants along the electrical panel wall were bitten very hard by the winter’s freezes. All above-ground stems were killed and snapped off a few days ago. But, there are small leaves coming up from the stump area and so we need to feed them well. A link on the home page […]
Continue Reading4/4/2020 – In the north half’s 9th row, where the Silver Queen Corn did not germinate, we tilled the soil and planted two rows 12″ apart of the PEPH seeds bought in January that is suspected to be last year’s seed and old. Planted them with the brand new HOSS seeder using plate 5 and […]
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