A farmer works in acres not hours.
The little pink climbing roses on either side of the front gate bloomed heavy for weeks then all of a sudden most blooms turned blackish, shriveled and fell apart over the past 2 days. For the past 3-4 days, some of the blooms on the two white hybrid tea roses in the Bay Tree bed […]
Continue ReadingLightly fertilized all Crepes with 15-0-15 other than the Sunset Magics. Also did the very young ones along the orchard side of the north-south 4-board fence and the ones at the grain bin. Per The Crape Myrtle Company, they should be fed with a light application of a balanced fertilizer every 2 weeks during the […]
Continue Reading5/18/2019 – Mary had ordered the bulbs along with the glads from American Meadows and planted them in the bed immediately south of the kitchen door among the daylilies. She planted a bag of 25 Acidanthera Callianthus, commonly known as the Peacock Orchid, whose “beautiful blooms produce a sweet scent, adding a delicate allure to […]
Continue ReadingFor 25 gallons The 3/4″ plastic supply hose in the first set up was replaced with a 1/2″ ID, 15′ long hose to dispense the solution slower for better control and to reach further back into the beds. That was a good change as it worked out as planned. The last time with the 3/4″ […]
Continue Reading5/16/2019 – Mary ordered the bag of 15 Summer Essential Spring Mix glads from American Meadows and planted them under the eave on both sides of the front door beyond the roses. “Summer Essentials Gladiolus Mix includes warm and breezy shades of pink, coral and apricot-orange flowers.” I dug up about a 1″ swath along […]
Continue Reading5/15/2019 – As it rained all last weekend, and we forgot to spray them Monday & Tuesday, the daylilies were sprayed today that was __ days since the last spraying. Sprayed them with Mancozeb. Every morning they are deadheaded and the worst of the Rust infected leaves are removed. There is still a lot of […]
Continue ReadingSprayed gardenia at the front door with Sevin as we found the blooms have tripes. See https://hgic.clemson.edu/factsheet/gardenia-insects-related-pests/ Found maybe 30% of the Oak Leaf Hydrangea has Cercospora leaf spot. Sprayed with Mancozeb. For good info see https://hgic.clemson.edu/factsheet/hydrangea/
Continue Reading5/9/2019 – Fed the Sunset Magic Crepes and the Bay Tree with one gallon each of Fish Emulsion + Miracle Grow.
Continue Reading5/26/2019 – We bought four units (2 packages) at Dawes Hardware for $24.95 each and hung them in the locations below. They are to be effective for 90 days: i.e. to the end of August. On 5/10/19, Mary notice Barn Swallows darting around the trees where the Eradicators are installed along the driveway. They were […]
Continue ReadingWiden azalea bed in the backyard under the bedroom and dressing room windows. Also extended it on the east end to project follow a curving edge to create the grass-pool effect. Planted two Hibiscus in the new widened end. Extended the ends of the hydrangea-daylily-pecan trees bed to match the Indigo bed immediately north and […]
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