A farmer works in acres not hours.
10/15/2019 – Today Driskel Cotton Farms began digging the peanuts planted this year. The digging attachment needs a big tractor that moves slowly. It moves slowly so the peanuts are not knock off the vine as they are being dug up. They are dug up so the sun can dry them. They need to dry […]
Continue Reading10/8/2019 – We have started finding Stewart pecans. They must be coming from the upper limbs as the lower limbs do not have any. 10/15/2019 – The old tree next to the live oak has under it a lot of pecans to be picked up. More than 95% of them are good. I picked up […]
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10/14/2019 – Given the rain two days ago and the prediction of cooler days ahead, we planted some of the south 30-ft of the rows in the north half of the large garden and seedlings. This is late planting but September and the first part of October was very hot and very dry. What was […]
Continue Reading10/12/2019 – August was a very wet month with over 11″ of rain through the 26th. The only rain here between then and October 12 today, when 1.23″ fell, was a brief shower of 0.4″–although parts of Mobile flooded with 6″ of rain. Since mid-August, we have installed the 1″ PVC water line to the […]
Continue Reading10/11/2019 – Had bought two 3″ pots of cilantro at WalMart that had two plants each. Separated them and planted the four plants on the north side of the basil about 15″ apart. Covered the soil around them with hay straw to protect from the sun and preserve moisture. The cilantro we tried to grow […]
Continue Reading10/11/2019, 7 AM – Spread hay straw thinly over rows 3 and 7 to hopefully lower the midday soil temps. 1:30 PM – There was a notable difference as the cover rows were 86-88 degrees but the not covered was 94-96–8 degrees is a lot. Will place straw tomorrow morning–when it is cool–over the other […]
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Over the past two days and nights, Ted and Justice mowed the two fields that had too many Dog Fennels and Tallow trees. Based on what I read here, mowing Dog Fennel just before blooming will kill it and it not come back as bad next year. In a forum posts here, a couple of […]
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10/10/2019, 8:00 am – Although we have had essentially no rain for 8 weeks, there is a 50% chance tomorrow and two fair chances next week. If it does then that will reduce the amount of hand watering needed. Made with Frank’s hiller 6 rows (nos. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 counting this […]
Continue Reading10/8/2019, 2:30 PM In the area in the shade of the pecan trees it temp was 93-95 In the area where beets are planned next to the winter squash, the temps were up to 101 degrees.
Continue Reading10/7/2019 – Sprayed Capt. Jack’s Dead Bug Brew (spinosad) on only the citrus trees in the citrus grove as the leaf miners are still there. The last spraying made a difference and probably should have re-sprayed a few weeks ago.
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