A farmer works in acres not hours.
12/2/2018 – The vegetables we planted at the new back patio bed have been a lot of fun to watch and have continually contributed to our meals. So, we wanted a larger garden and today built a 7′ x 35′ bed next to the power pole where the pecans are only on one side. This […]
Continue ReadingTed brought 13 heifers and 2 young bulls to the north pastures. They all have short straight horns and have been used for roping. All the other cows are on the south side of the road.
Continue Reading11-20-2018 – Ted brought Biscuit and Gus (31 & 32 years old) for Piper and Olivia to feed while they are here during Thanksgiving. They may retire from Mardi Gras float pulling and other events. Mary feeds them every morning. Gus stands at the fence and watches her through the new larger kitchen window and […]
Continue Reading11/10/2018 – For the past several weeks I have enjoyed collecting the different pecans and studying pecan websites and papers to identify the “cultivars”. Of course, that lead to a new part of this website Pecans, and the pages for each of the ten cultivars of the 39 pecan trees in the orchard, barnyard, and […]
Continue ReadingAs the augers were hauled away and that area cleaned up we could finally rearrange equipment, get rid of stuff and create more order. On this Halloween day, we made a lot of progress. Used Fergie and the boom to move the platform Frank built for Dad (for the back door wheelchair ramp) from the […]
Continue Reading10/24/2018 – As we had a light all-day drizzly rain yesterday–that should have made the dry soil workable–and tomorrow is 100% chance of rain we decided we had to get the last of the yard work done, including mulching and spreading the wildflower seeds, before the rain tomorrow. Widened bed between the walkway to the […]
Continue Reading10/22/2018 – We built a new flower bed along the azaleas in the new backyard. Moved the amaryllis’ in from the bed along the driveway that has become too crowded. Also, separated the two clumps of daylilies at the Bay Leaf Tree bed, replanting the larger clumps and planted the smaller clumps at the ends of […]
Continue ReadingAfter the 150th Year Reunion at Union Baptist Church, we enlarged the small bed with the Bay Leaf tree and two daylilies. The bed was extended to create a corner and to provide space to hold the two Grandiflora roses that were along the 4-board fence between the crepes. They had not done well there likely […]
Continue ReadingTo be sure we would not have any issues at Thanksgiving, and we have no idea when it was last pumped out, we hired Billies Septic Tank Service to do so on 10/17/2018 for $275. The line in from the house is on the west end and the baffle and line to the field lines […]
Continue Reading10/16/2018 – David Dixon/Mobile Co. Engineering & PW, had the cracking asphalt at the mailbox patched/sealed today.
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