Seed Order from SESE
8/12/2019 Hungarian Wax (Hot Banana) Hot Pepper, 0.3 g $2.75 Cisineros Grande Tomatillo, 0.09 g $2.75
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Spread Manure from the Field on Mary’s Garden
8/12/2019 – Spread almost a full 4CF wheelbarrow of older–not fresh–manure on the parts of Mary’s garden that did not get it last month.
Continue ReadingFertilized grass, beds, small trees, and azaleas
8/9/2019 – Spread 15-0-15 plus 2% iron on the yard from the old azalea row to the fences on the east. south and north sides. The spreader setting at 2.5 was narrow and small lumps in the fertilizer kept stopping the flow. Went many directions to try to get it even at all the different […]
Continue ReadingLimed & Fertilized Garden for the fall
8/9/2019 – The soil report dated 7/26/2019 here recommends 1 ton/acre of lime and 120 lbs-0-60 lbs per acre of fertilizer. As the garden is about 1/3 acre it needs 40#-0-20#. The plan is to apply half the nitrogen as side dressing. So, a 15-0-15 fertilizer means: 15% of 50 lbs is 7.5# per bag. […]
Continue ReadingFertilized the Yard
Area of the yard is: From north of azaleas to the fences: 56K SF minus driveway and house ~7K SF Total to fertilize = 49K SF The Plan – ACES says here for a low maintenance lawn apply 1/2 lb. nitrogen per 1,000 SF three times per year. So to get 0.5 lb nitrogen with 15-0-15 would […]
Continue ReadingOrdered Zinnia Seeds
8/8/2019 – From Parks Seeds for planting spring 2020. Profusion Sunrise Mix Zinnia Seeds — 1 pkg, 25 seeds Park’s Picks Mix Zinnia Seeds — 1 pkg, 50 seeds Giant Cactus Mix Zinnia Seeds – 2 pkgs – 100 total seeds
Continue ReadingPoured slab in the southmost barn section for the shop
8/7/2019 – Melvin Williams poured 8 CY of concrete with fiber reinforcing in the southmost section of the barn. The slab has an 8″ or so deep edge beam and is at least 4″ thick. He finally wrecked the edge forms on 8/17/2019.
Continue ReadingEmergency Standby Generator Installation
08/06/2019 – Taylor Power Systems delivered a precast concrete pad, the automatic transfer switch, and the 20 KW, 200 amp, Briggs and Stratton Fortress Residential Standby generator. Fergie and I helped lift it off the trailer and set it on the slab. The day before, Mary and I pulled out the azalea, cleaned out the […]
Continue ReadingSoil Temp in the Big Garden
The soil temperature 4″ down was 88-89 degrees.
Continue ReadingTopped Azaleas
8/1/2019 – The azaleas between the backyard and the barnyard have grown well since we cut them back here. By the end of the next bloom, they will be too high again and, besides, Mary said I would regret it if I did not trim them now. I am not stupid and did as told. […]
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