Sowed pre-sprouted spinach in the center of the fourth row from the fence
9/4/2020 – Sowed pre-sprouted spinach in the center of the fourth row from the fence–second row east of the pumpkins.
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Fed Mop Head Hydrangeas
8/1/2020 – 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 ReadingFertilized Ranger’s pasture
5/14/2020 – 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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Sowed Common Bermuda on new outfall and filled areas
Spread 5 lbs of hull Bermuda grass seed bought at G&D Feed Store.
Continue ReadingReviving the Frozen Hibiscus
4/15/2020 – 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 ReadingPlanted PEPH Suspect Seed
4/4/2020 – 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 […]
Continue ReadingSprayed Florida Betony, et al, in the Front Yard
2/2/2020 – The front lawn has Florida Betony coming up all over and in some places it is solid. There are other weeds including henbit also scattered in the turf. After much research into herbicides, we settled on ferti-lome’s Weed Free Zone (WFZ) with a non-ionic spreader sticker. On Jan. 25th, I sprayed it on […]
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Pond is almost ready to fill and plant the field
Wayne Maples still needs to dress up the area around the pond and the banks. But, it keeps raining a little every 4-5 days. This cold morning was very still and the reflections in the water were awesome.
Continue ReadingTrying Space Spinach Again
1/24/2020 – Next to the lettuce planted a week or so ago, planted the spinach seeds that have been in the refrigerator to hopefully break its dormancy and get it to germinate quickly. Maybe we could have some baby spinach before it is time to till for the spring garden.
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