A farmer works in acres not hours.
Used Frank’s hiller to pull up three more rows on the north end, west side next to the tomato sets. See notes below about the issues with the planter and the small quantities of seeds appearing to not dispense well.
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Continue Reading4/9/2019 – We bought two more Encore Azaleas at Blair’s Nursery–grown by Flowerwood Nursery–for the SE corner bed in the front yard. That is the bed with the power pole. They are: Autumn Lily (white) Rhododendron ‘Roblex‘ PP25073 Robust and upright with deep green foliage, Autumn Lily produces white blooms with occasional single purple stripes. […]
Continue Reading4/8/2019 – We had two small crepes in pots from the large white one in the backyard in Houston. We also had two nice ones sprouting from the ones along the wood fence in the front yard. One of those dug up ok but the smaller one did not have much of its own roots […]
Continue Reading4/8/2019 – Poured Compare-N-Save Systemic Tree and Shrub Insect Drench around the stumps of all the azaleas and the little new camellia in the SW corner of the yard. The target pest is lace bugs on the azaleas and aphids on the camellia. The square footage of all those bushes was about 750 SF. The […]
Continue ReadingAs of April 8, 2019 Daylily Clumps – 81 Roses – 19 Hydrangeas – 7 Blue Plumbagos – 5 Crepe Myrtles – 9 + 4 in pots to be planted soon Azaleas Two Rows in the backyard One at the edge of Citrus Grove Two Encores at the gate One dwarf at the AC compressor […]
Continue Reading4/7/2019 – Planted a Brown Select Satsuma about 35 feet south of the Sand Pear in the large garden. We bought it at Sessions Farm Market. It was grown by Star Nursery, Belle Chase, LA. 4/14/2019, 2:30 AM – A line of thunderstorms blew through very early Sunday morning and a few limbs were blown […]
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4/7/2019 We moved daylilies and wood ferns into the bed with the old fence and; moved daylilies and the Indigo into the bed between the pecan trees with the little hydrangea.
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4/7/2019 – Corn, pea seeds, and sweet pepper seeds were planted in the very dry beds on 3/28/2019. On 4/4 and 4/5 the dry spell was broken by a long slow 2.6″ of rain. Today, 3 days later, a few corn and pea seeds have sprouted. We used Frank’s hiller to make a bed on […]
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4/7/2019 – Today we completed several major steps in the backyard beds. We moved four scalpings from other Wood Ferns to the former locations of the failed wildflower beds. We moved at least one clump of Hyperion reblooming daylilies from the Bay Tree bed to the bed with the water oak just south of the […]
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