A farmer works in acres not hours.
Mary has four basil plants at the back door for mosquito control and they have small holes. The basil in the small garden and the radishes also have small holes so sprayed all with Sevin.
Continue ReadingFound some on the south end of the Corn in rows 1-4 and a few in other places. Sprayed new Sevin on only those places as sprayed it all a day or so ago. Sprayed the silks to hopefully stop any ear worms. Also found holes in the bell pepper leaves so sprayed it with […]
Continue ReadingOver the past couple of weeks, we have put into a glass of water on the window sill daylily proliferations–aka clones–of the two daylilies on which they appeared. The Tinkerbell’s have had many and the Pardon Me’s have had a couple. Several cuttings have been in the water for over a week and are beginning […]
Continue Reading6/1/2019 – Intense thunderstorms and the gusting wind blew over the three rows of 18″ high Silver King Corn. 6/2/2019 – We decided to try and save them so I raked dirt up to the bent-over stalks and Mary packed it around them so they stood up. Wait and see if it works. This was […]
Continue ReadingSaw some in the first planting where the tassels and silks are well filled out. Sprayed the area on the south end of Rows 1-4 with Sevin.
Continue ReadingWe have been watering the garden and parts of the yard the past 2 weeks as everything was getting dry. Even the grass was starting to look dry and shriveled. This afternoon we had thunderstorms rolling east along the coast and got 0.86″ of rain. There was some wind with gusts up to 12.5 MPH […]
Continue ReadingThrew about three hands full of 34-0-0 around each of the little peach trees and the pear tree in the wildflower plot. Also put the old hay as a mulch around them as well as the Satsuma–just west of the wildflowers–and holly tree (Christmas Tree).
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As of this morning: we have picked 6+ zucchini and 8+ yellow squash and there are many blooms; we have picked 2 large messes of green beans (KWB); we have picked 2-6″ cucumbers and there are many blooms; there are at least 2 sweet banana peppers; there is one little tomato and many blooms; the […]
Continue ReadingSide dressed the okra with 34-0-0 at the same rate as done for the corn–see those photos. The corn had some Corn Flea Beetles darting about and a little leaf damage like is the result of Stewart’s Wilt. Sprayed ALL the corn with Sevin. Installed three T-posts, the wire and garden string to hold up […]
Continue Reading5/29/2019 – Threw 15-0-15 on the Crepes, Plumbagos, and Indigo. Also spread it on the three little crepes along the new fence and the Oak Leaf Crepe in the orchard as well as the Texas Laurel that is blooming. Several of the crepes along the fence are hanging to the grass with so many blooms. […]
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