A farmer works in acres not hours.
This feeding was done like the second feeding last year. It took 20 seconds to fill a 5-gallon bucket from the hose at the veggie cleaning slab bib. Used that to figure how long to fill the 25-gallon white plastic barrel. We measured the following into the metal 2-gallon watering can and added water to […]
Continue Reading4/9/2020 – Sprayed Mancozeb on all roses for black spot and botrytis. Fed them the same as done in January as they are blooming and looking more healthy than ever before. The small pink vining roses either side of the gate have very small buds. Hopefully, this spraying will prevent bloom loss from botrytis.
Continue Reading3/30/2020 – Fed 13-13-13 to the Natches crapes along the road as new leaves appeared in the past couple of days. Lightly fed the blooming Spiria/Bridal Wreaths in that bed. Lightly fed the Indigo in the beds either side of the driveway gate.
Continue Reading3/27&28/2020 – Bought from Woerners for $20/scoop, 10 scoops (2-1/2 CY) of crushed pine bark mulch and spread it on the following beds. Lady Daylily Bed New corner daylily bed SW of the fruit trees Herb bed at carport and under the kitchen window Across the front of the house and under the office window […]
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20200319 – Mary, Piper, and Olivia planted three dill plants in the old tub and mint in the old pot.
Continue Reading3/18/2020 – Time to fertilize the citrus trees. Threw 15-0-15 under the small canopies and out at least 1 foot. Did the same to the peach and pear trees as they are leafing out and blooming. As the Bridal Wreaths are blooming some this year (more than ever before) threw some around them.
Continue Reading3/4/2020 – Tom spread by handfuls 50 lbs of cottonseed meal on: all roses inside the fence but missed the ones outside at the gate; all camellias; all small azaleas. The small plants got 3-4 big handfuls and the larger Knockout roses got 6-8 handfuls. The meal was some that Peg and Frank got from […]
Continue Reading2/21/2020 – To hopefully prevent the usual aphid infestation on the Frescati we applied a systemic following the Neem Oil foliage drench a few weeks ago. Mixed 1.5 fl. oz. of Martin’s Dominion Tree & Shrub per one (1) gallon of water and poured it slowly from a watering can in a 3-ft band around […]
Continue Reading2/23/2020 – Sprayed the citrus trees with Spinosad about 5 PM as learned the sun quickly degrades its effectiveness. The last spray was midday on a sunny day. The intent is to kill leafminers and aphids.
Continue Reading2/22/2020 – This is our first time to try the SedgeKiller with Sulfentrazone 0.05%. Just before this application I spraying the yard with Weed Free Zone but did not spray near the fruit trees. Used all of a 24 oz. ready to spray Ortho SedgeKiller bottle on the sedge and other weeds in the mulched […]
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