A farmer works in acres not hours.
This post was originally a Page for the Grandkids. They can now see all the posts we think they will enjoy most by clicking the “Grandkids” tag. December 2018 to spring 2019 – Every morning Grandma fills her bucket with a special horse feed for older horses and mules and feeds these two old folks; […]
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Mary harvested mustard and swish chard to take to Houston for Piper’s 7th birthday.
Continue ReadingExtended the flower bed in the backyard (now a veggie garden) under the electrical panel and meter, to the north to cover the pump houses. Bought 1 scoop of crushed pine bark mulch and mulched: the wider beds either side of the driveway outside the fence where the climbing roses are and the new roses […]
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2-3-2019 – The garlic and bulb onions are coming up and everything else is getting bigger.
Continue Reading2/2/2019 – All Roses, Daylilies, Sunset Magic crepe myrtles, four small citrus trees, bay tree shoot, and the herb bed with Fish Emulsion.
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2/2/2019 – Blairs had the end of the season blow out sale with up to 75% off. We bought the following: Camellia – Sparkling Burgundy, 3 gallon. Deep Pink Double Blooms. 5′-7″ wide x 4′-6″ wide. Partial Shade. Planted against the wood fence at the road in the southwest corner of the yard where the Bridal […]
Continue Reading2/1/2019 – We applied maybe 26 gallons of fish emulsion in 2-gallon watering cans to: All Roses All Daylilies Purple crepe myrtles The four small citrus trees The bay tree shoot herb bed other
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2/1/2019 – Plowed the garden for the first time with the old Ford moldboard plow gotten in the swap for the old augers. Even though the ground had been disked at least 4 times, and sub soiled, there was still heavy sod in places and Fergie could not pull it through those spots at 6″ […]
Continue ReadingBloody Butcher Dent Corn, 42 g Cherokee White Eagle Dent Corn, 42 g Big Red Ripper (Mandy) Southern Pea (Cowpea), 28 g Jalapeño Hot Pepper, 0.3 g Ancho Poblano Hot Pepper, 0.3 g Beach Sunflower (Cucumber-Leaf) Sunflower, 1 g $16.20 Sub-Total:$4.50 Shipping Method (Shipping to US):-$0.81 Member Number :$19.89 Total:
Continue Reading1/27/2019 – We spread at the location below 4 sacks, 200 lbs., of cottonseed meal bought from Grand Bay Feed and Seed for $52. As we had spread yesterday maybe 25% of one sack on Mary’s large veggie garden the locations below received 180 lbs. It was all “wiped” into the mulch with the garden […]
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