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3/10/2023 – Sowed Florida/Gulf Coast Seed Mixture from Outsidepride.com in the two beds under the crepes and the corner bed, where one climbing rose survives, along the board fence south of the big pond. Cleared out the dying weeds—sprayed with high-strength glyphosphate last week—and loosened the mulch remaining from last year and the soil where […]
Continue Reading3/5/2023 – Sprayed 41% Glyphosate at 6 oz/gallon on the Florida Betony in all beds to kill the Florida Betrony. 3/18/2023 – The Betony is dying. That concentration worked.
Continue Reading3/2/2023 – Spread Pendulum 2G preemergent herbicide for Crabgrass on spots in the front and west yards and other places listed below to prevent crabgrass and other weed germination. This has been a warm February so maybe should have spread it a few weeks ago.
Continue Reading3/1/2023 – This month Walker Smith and his brother pressure washed the house and distributed mulch we ordered from Long Leaf Mulch co.
Continue Reading2/28/2023 – Completed painting the painted gates in the pecan orchard with Rustolem’s Rust Reformer. This was the first time we have needed to paint them as they are beginning to get small rust spots on the sun side of the pipes. The gates are the double 14-foot gates at the road and the 12-foot […]
Continue Reading2/24/2023 – This morning we bought at St. Elmo F&S from Alabama Fish & Pond the fingerlings listed below and put them into the small pond. This was the first stocking of that pond dug last winter. They cost about $215.
Continue Reading2/23/2023 – Bought 3 sacks of GreenPoint Pro 13-6-6 slow-release fertilizer with trace elements and spread one sack on all the flower beds. Only spread some around the daylilies in the Crepe bed along the road. The rate spread was like last year where the density was judged based on a measured amount spread on […]
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Continue Reading2/22/2023 – Mary sowed the following in individual small pots sitting in trays in the greenhouse. The tomatoes are in 2-inch square deep pots with Miracle Grow potting soil in the lower half and Jiffy Seed Starting soil in the upper half where the seed was sowed 1/4 inch deep. The peppers were in standard […]
Continue ReadingIn February 2022, I sprayed the edge of the pond for algae at too low a level of Cutrin Plus. Then sprayed at a higher concentration. This year repeated the mistake of not having enough Cutrin. Filamentous algae have come back. Sprayed Cutrin Plus at about 4 oz / 2 gallons and sprayed all of […]
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