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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. […]
Continue Reading8/1/2019 – Lightly spread 15-0-15 on all crepe myrtles, the bridal wreaths, the three small camellias along the orchard fence, and the aspidistras under the pecan trees.
Continue Reading8/1/2019 – The leaves have brown dead places and ragged holes in some of them. Clearly, some type of fungus but could not be sure which. Sprayed the leaves and trunk to drip with liquid copper.
Continue Reading7/31/2019 – Leaf curling on the small trees can now be clearly seen as leafminers. Given the trunks are about 1″ in diameter, applied 1 oz. of Martin’s Dominion Tree & Shrub with Imidacloprid in a gallon of water poured slowly inside the drip line at the mulch line.
Continue Reading7/31/2019 – Following the advice here poured about one gallon of standard Miracle Grow (1T/gal) around all panicle hydrangeas. Per that advice, this application is the final one of four. Also poured same on the bay tree and the three little Sunset Magic Crepe Myrtles. The crepes are blooming.
Continue Reading7/25/2019, about 2 pm – Using the Magic Chef Instant Meat thermometer I measured the soil temp in the recently disked big garden. This afternoon the ambient temp was 91 but the morning started out really nice at 70 degrees. The sky was partly cloudy with more sun than shade from the clouds. The light […]
Continue Reading7/25/2019 – The Lime Light Hydrageas and the original mop head blue one at the patio is beginning to bloom but the leaves look lime green and the none of the plants are lush. Based on the quote below, mixed up a concoction of 1 tbsp Miracle Grow, a one count of liquid iron and […]
Continue Reading7/23/2019 – Prepared and mailed in three soil samples to the Soil Lab at Auburn University. “Big Garden, north end” – Collected about 6 samples with a hand trowel in the dirt that had been bush hogged then disked several times to begin incorporating the pea vines and bean bushes. Blended the bucket of dirt […]
Continue Reading7/23/2019 – For the fall garden, we started eight 2-inch pots with all but three of the 20 tiny tomato seeds bought at St. Elmo Feed and Seed. We started six 2-inch pots of Burpee’s Common Cilantro. The soil was about a 50:50 mixture of Miracle Grow’s Seed Starting blend and their potting soil.
Continue Reading7/22/2019 – As part of getting ready for a fall garden we will start monitoring soil temperatures. Newly collect info about the necessary temperatures for various vegetable’s germination can be viewed here. Yesterday we had over an inch of rain so the soil is very damp but not soggy. At 8 am the soil temp […]
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