Widened Crape Myrtle bed along the road and weeded
9/25/2020 – Pulled a string and used the edger to make a straight cut in the grass. The bed depth between the crapes will now be the same as at the crapes.
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Sprayed Roses with Sulfur
8/20/2020, cloudy afternoon – For the first time, sprayed all roses with sulfur for black spot on other fungal diseases. 8/21/2020, 8 AM – Drenched all roses to wash off the sulfur and prevent sunlight damage to leaves. Also to wash the sulfur into the soil to help prevent issues there.
Continue ReadingFed Crape Myrtles and others 33-0-0
8/13/2020 – Fed Crape Myrtles 33-0-0 and threw some on the gate beds (inside and out) and the rose/sunflower bed in the southwest corner of the pond field. The marigolds in the two crape beds in the pond yard as well as the sunflowers, have grown well. Surely due to the regular fertilizing of the […]
Continue ReadingFed the Blueberries, Aspidistra, and beds at the gate
8/2/2020 – Threw 8-8-8+1% zinc around the: blueberry bushes, the aspidistra around the pecan trees, and the Indigo+Spira beds either side of the driveway at the gate.
Continue ReadingSprayed Mancozeb on Floribunda Roses
8/1/2020 – 8/1/2020 – Given the almost daily rains for the past week, sprayed Mancozeb on all the Floribunda roses.
Continue ReadingFed Roses MG and Fish Emulsion
8/1/2020 – Mixed 4-gallon batches of 4 Tablespoons of Miracle Grow with about twice that of fish emulsion. Mixed up 12 gallons and poured it on them proportionate to the size.
Continue ReadingFed Crape Myrtles east of the driveway
7/22/2020 – Only had a little 13-13-13. Threw some on all the Crapes east of the driveway.
Continue ReadingOrdered Marigold Seeds from Harris Seeds
7/16/2020 Product image Description Quantity Price 1 Marigold Inca II Primrose F1 Seed Untreated / 250 Seeds 1 $11.25 1 Marigold Inca II Orange F1 Seed Untreated / 250 Seeds 1 $10.13
Continue ReadingDaylilies Blooming in July
In addition to the above, ‘Miss Tinkerbell’ reblooming daylily, bloomed all spring and has a few blooms even now in mid-July.
Continue ReadingWidened Driveway Bed and Replanted Sod
7/15/2020 – On this hot morning before an all afternoon series of thunderstorms, we widened the narrow bed along the driveway (in the Magnolia Frescati “yard”). It was widened about a shovel width and is now about 3.5 feet wide. Only the large white rose in the center hangs outside the edge. The sod was […]
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