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7/14/2019 – We shelled about 7 gallons of PEPH peas and have two quart bags of peas to freeze and a good mess to cook. There will be a few more to pick but they are about done. The daily rain has increased the amount of fruit rot and the bugs. The Texas Cream Peas […]
Continue Reading7/10/2019 – All okra leaves — including the African okra from Susan K. have small ragged holes from something eating them. Could not find the rascals so sprayed them with new Sevin.
Continue Reading7/9/2019 – We removed the pecan firewood ash from the fireplace and spread it over the central part of Mary’s yard garden. There were three 9-quart buckets full. Mary ran the sprinkler to settle it in before the rains predicted for this afternoon. It did rain 1.35″ but little of the ash should be washed […]
Continue Reading7/8/2019 – Between the dry weather the past few weeks and the improvements to the ditch I was able to mow well down into the weeds in the normally wet area. I also mowed the very tall nettles and grasses south of the peanuts to the ditch. Sprayed the vines, grasses, thistle, nettles, sicklepod, et […]
Continue Reading7/6/2019 – Pulled up several vines in the cucumber patch that were bearing only small round fruit. Went to SESE (where the other cuke seeds were bought) and found they sell seeds for Richmond Green Apple Pickling Cucumber and that is what our rogue vines were. Their fruit does have a nice cucumber smell and […]
Continue Reading7/6/2019 – Sprayed all locations cited below with new Sevin. The Blood Orange, Meyer Lemons, and Owari Satsuma in the SW corner of the yard are all showing leaf damage consisting of leaf borers and curling leaves from aphids. The lemon neares the street had the least damage. Again, the varmints are not evident. Also […]
Continue Reading7/5/2019 – The daylily rust problem is far less than several months ago. The regular spraying with Mancozeb then Dawn then the systemic has worked well but there is still some rust showing up. Sprayed 2.5 gallons of Dawn Ultra at 2 tbsp per gallon on the tops and bottom of the leaves. Made sure […]
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7/4/2019 – Mary’s herb bed is doing well. The rosemary, thyme, and basil are growing and today she picked her first handful of cherry tomatoes.
Continue Reading7/3/2019 – The Frescati is looking much better with no aphids on the new leaves and a lot of new leaves. As I had not sprayed the crown well with the pump up sprayer we finally got a hose-end sprayer and today applied 2T of Dawn Ultra per gallon of water to the entire tree. […]
Continue Reading7/3/2019 – Today we picked six light red tomatoes. Some were from the Amelias and some from the Big or Better Boys.
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