Adjusted Pond’s pH & Alkalinity
This post is for multiple dates as the lime was thrown with the help of the wind on various days. Day 1 was 2/1/2021.
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Relocated Original Blueberries
1/5 & 6/2021 – We moved the two blueberry bushes Mom and Dad planted to the locations where the pond field becomes the barnyard and along the ditch. The bushes have not produced much the past three years; likely due to the being in the shade of the now no-so-small oak and the pecan.
Continue ReadingSoil Samples from the Garden, the Horse field, & the Pond Field
1/2/2021 – Dug up multiple small scopes of soil 3″-5″ down from the Garden, the Horse field, and the Pond Field. Spread the soil onto aluminum pizza pans and left outside to dry.
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Results with Aquacheck Test Strips pH – 6.2 Total Alkalinity – 0 Total Hardness – 25 ppm Results with API GH & KH Test Kit GH, General Hardness – 1 drop = 18 ppm KH – Total hardness – 1 drops
Continue ReadingSowed Ryegrass around Magnolias & Oleanders
As the dirt in the pond area, as dealt with when planting the magnolias, is compacted and hard, we sowed Annual Ryegrass around the magnolias & oleanders to get the benefit of the deep roots to help break up the soil. Mary has treated the oleanders and magnolias for ants too many times. Mixed Extinguish […]
Continue ReadingAdded Fathead Minnows & Shellcrackers to the Pond
11/5/2020 – Bought 500 fathead minnows (to the 500 that were added in February this year) and 100 Shellcrackers from Alabama Fish & Pond truck at St. Elmo F&S. The guy said there were probably 600-700 minnows in their bag. Told him that our Coppernose Bluegills we got from him last February are 5″-6″ long. […]
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Planted 3 Magnolias Around the Pond
10/20/2020 – For our 25th Anniversary present for each other we bought three 35-gallon Bracken’s Brown Beauty Magnolias from Oak Hill Tree Farm. 10/21/2020 – Used Frank’s post hole auger to start the holes for the two on the south side of the pond. Made the hole 6″+ larger than the 35-gallon pot. Mary cut […]
Continue ReadingCompleted Repair of Buried Electric Dog Fence
10/9/2020 – Buried a new wire from a new junction box to a grease-cup splice at the little oak tree near the northwest most pole of the barn. The original wire goes from a new grey junction box 2′ from the pole to a new junction box halfway to the deck. See the plan image […]
Continue ReadingBush Hogged north of the ditch & the burn pile field
10/4/2020 – With Fergie, bush hogged the weeds between the ditch and the electric fence and the ditch. In the afternoon, bush hogged the high weeds near the wood fence in the burn pile field. Also bush hogged the high bahia grass in the lane between the burn pile field and the pond yard.
Continue ReadingAbout now began feeding fish only in the morning
7/15/2020 – The change to only early morning feeding is that when they were fed in the PM there was not much activity and then little in the AM. When fed only in the AM they really hit the feed and seem to eat all of the 4 handfuls thrown into a large space around […]
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