Fertilized Many Plants
2/2/2019 – 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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Six plants and a Nutall Oak from Blairs
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 ReadingApplied Fish Emulsion to “Everything”
2/1/2019 – 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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Plowed & Disked the Garden
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 ReadingFinal SESE Seed Order
Bloody 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 ReadingSpread 200 lbs. Cotton Seed Meal
1/27/2019 – 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 […]
Continue ReadingWinter Tree & Plant Trimming
1/27/2019 – We cut out dead wood, water sprouts, limbs that were out of balance, and the little junk on the following trees: the new Shumard Oak in the barnyard; the live oak just west of the grain bin; the live oak at the northwest corner of the barn next to the ditch; the pear […]
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Planted Seeds for Starters
1/26/2019 – This was our first time to plant seeds to grow our own seedlings to plant outside after the last frost. We used a Burpees seed starting package of thin plastic trays and the expansion peat pellets plus egg crates with Miracle Grow’s Potting Soil for Starting Seeds.
Continue ReadingFertilized Old Barn Site
1/26/2019 – Broadcast about 40 lbs. of 15-0-15 with 1% iron and 5% sulfur over the old barn site–to become the large wildflower plot.
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Planted Onions and Fertilized Old Barn Plot
1/26/2019 – Mary planted the three varieties of onions that arrived yesterday from Dixondale Farms in their Short Day Sampler. The varieties were Texas 1015Y, Texas Early White, and Red Creole. There were too many for this location and so some will be planted in the back patio vegetable bed. Planted them 4″ apart per […]
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