Found stink bugs on the corn tassels
5/25/2019 – Found them and sprayed with Sevin about 7 AM. At 10:00 I could not find any.
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Mowed the area between the ditch and field
5/24/2019 – Bush hogged the weeds in the strip on the north side of the ditch and the newly planted peanut field from the crossing to Peggy’s pecan trees. There were a lot of nettles getting ready to bloom.
Continue ReadingFertilizer Used Spring 2019
The fertilizer used in this first spring garden was as follows. Broadcast before anything planted – 15-0-15 with 2% iron by AGRI-AFC LLC on Dawes Rd. Side dressing – 33-0-0 Nitrogen with Sulfur plus Lime Total Nitrogen ………………………………33% 10.50% Ammoniacal Nitrogen 22.50% Urea Nitrogen Sulfur (Combined as S) …………… 12% Derived from Urea, Ammonium Sulfate […]
Continue ReadingPulled all the bulb onions
We pulled all the rest of the Texas 1015Y, Texas Early White, and Red Creole bulb onions as there were none that had not been at least to some extent wind damaged. We have about a dozen Texas Sweet and Texas early that are 2″ or larger and a lot of small ones. The red […]
Continue ReadingSprayed the house exterior for wasps et al
5/23/2019 – Now, with the brick clean, I sprayed the gables, the soffits, and around the windows with Martin’s Permethrin SFR at 28 ml (1 oz.) in the 1.5-gallon pump-up sprayer. Cleaned the windows of the spray, dust, bugs, and bird crashes. Also sprayed inside the firewood shed.
Continue ReadingSprayed Daylilies for Rust and Roses for black spot and botrytis
Sprayed Daylilies for Rust and Roses for black spot and botrytis. The frequency of the Rust on the daylilies is much less than when we started spraying…but there is still some. The roses’ botrytis that was/is destroying blooms on the little pink roses at the gate and the hybrid teas at the Bay Tree bed […]
Continue ReadingDriskell’s Planted Peanuts
5/22/2019 – Driskell Cotton Farms finished planting peanuts in the field north of the house. There was a longer time than in the past between the cows leaving and this planting. They had a lot more grass than needed for the cows and so baled it–over 100 round bails. Then the field was subsoiled with […]
Continue ReadingPressure washed the house and carport
5/21 & 22/2019 – We used the floor sprayer on the carport and it looks a lot better. We used the wide white spray head on the brick. Mary washed the brick with the hose immediately before I hit it with the pressure washer. Then she rinsed it after I finished and before it dried […]
Continue ReadingDriskell’s cleaned the ditch and crossings
5/21/2019 – Aron brought a guy and large backhoe and cleaned out the ditch behind Peggy’s house where their feeder yearlings had played on the slopes and raised the flowline at least a foot. He also cleaned out both ends of their culvert and removed the old rusted out metal culvert at the barn.
Continue ReadingSidedressed silver king corn again
5/21/2019 – The three rows of Silver King Corn looks pale and in need of nitrogen. Side dressed it with 34-0-0 + a little lime.
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