A farmer works in acres not hours.
11/04/2019 – As the two new azaleas in the SE corner bed did not do well last year–not enough sun we think–we moved them to a bed we built today under the east window of the office. As Mary wants to plant her butterfly plants–that just arrived from Michigan Seed–in the narrow bed along the […]
Continue Reading11/3/2019 – We moved daylilies from the crepe myrtle bed along the road to the new beds between the camellias along the north-south wood fence next to the pecan orchard. There are now 25 plants in each of the two beds along the fence. Mary put two double handfuls of alfalfa pellets in the bottom […]
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11/2/2019 – Pulled most of the weeds and four volunteer tomato plants from the compost from the 12-foot diameter round bed we have been preparing and tilled it again. Placed two 12″ square red concrete patio stones in the center of the circle and put the concrete lady statue there. Drew in the soil a […]
Continue Reading10/30/2019 – Fed: Superbloom + fish emulsion to: the Knockout Roses in the kitchen yard and around the front porch, the white & pink roses in the long bed along the driveway the Julia Child yellow roses in the pots and in the Bay Tree bed, the pink rose at the bird feeder/end of the […]
Continue Reading10/28/2019 – Removed the St. Augustine grass and planted it in the round dead spot on that end of the yard. Tilled the soil about 6″ deep with the JD tiller. Dug the trench along the grass and leveled the new bed. The purpose of this bed is to provide a place in the sun […]
Continue Reading10/27/2019 – Spread about 20 lbs. of Pendulum 2G herbicide to stop Burweed from germinating. Spread it with the JD broadcast spreader pulled by the JD lawn tractor over the following areas. a rectangular space in the orchard from the garden to near Pecan No. 2 to the center rows of pecans to a line […]
Continue Reading9/27/2019 – Tested a soil sample from the unplanted, round daylily bed in the citrus grove using the Home Test kit. Found the color of the solution to be closest to a ph of 6.5. Good for daylilies!!!
Continue ReadingIn August, we began preparation of a new 12-foot diameter daylily bed between the pear and peach trees. First I broke up the soil with the teeth of the box blade and sprayed the weeds–left from the wildflower patch–with glyphosate. Several weeks later, I tilled and shaped the dirt. It looks better than I expected […]
Continue Reading2/22/2019 – Completed the installation of 1/2″ drip irrigation in the beds along: the wood fence next to the pecan orchard north to the second Camilla; i.e not into the Bay Tree bed; to the gate post at the driveway and; installed a 2-hour mechanical timer at the new fawcett at the power pole in […]
Continue ReadingFed with Miracle Grow and chelated iron. MG was 1T/gallon and poured about 2 T iron in the 2-gallon watering can. Climbing roses at the gate – 2 gallons to each side Julia Child roses and Grandiflora in bay tree bed Pink rose at bird feeder bay leaf tree Sunset Magic crepes white roses outside […]
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