A farmer works in acres not hours.
7/23/2022 – Removed 4 proliferations from the clump near the center of the Orchard Railfence Bed. Mary rooted them in Miracle Grow Potting soil. There are three pots with one having 2 smaller stems to root. There are more that will be rooted once the stems are beginning to dry. See American Meadows here for […]
Continue ReadingFrom Hoss Product Subtotal Warrior Bunching Onion × 2 $7.98 Green Magic Broccoli × 1 $3.99 Savanna Mustard – 500 seeds × 1 From Vermont Bean Seed – Sugaretti Hybrid Squash
Continue ReadingSpread 13-13-13 as follows. Four to five handfulls (almost 2 cups) at the canopy of the hydrangeas depending on the size. Five handfulls (about 2 cups) around the three magnolias in the pond yard out to 4-5 feet from the trunks. Four handfulls (almost 2 cups) around the citrus trees.
Continue Reading7/11/2022 – Lightning struck the two pecan trees either side of the path to the orchard. It also knocked out the two boards in the generator’s transfer switch controller.
Continue Reading7/11/2022 – Sidedressed with 33-0-0, bought today at Greenway AG, the Okra, Tomatoes, Cucumbers, & Basil.
Continue Reading7/11/2022 – The corn is all brown and we have all the peas we need. The Kentucky Wonder Beans did not produce even one pod. Also mowed the high crabgrass along the Sunflower row and beside the okra in the north half.
Continue ReadingMixed 3 gallons of gly at 4 oz. per gallon in the new backpack sprayer and sprayed around: all pecan trees in the orchard and yard that did not have beds; around the barn and old equipment; around the grain bin; around the blueberries in the yard and pond yard; around the 3 magnolias in […]
Continue Reading7/8/2022 – Mary planted multiplying onion sets in three of the red plastic grow boxes. We moved them tp be lined up outside along the west wall of the greenhouse. The onion sets from G&D were different looking as they had a large (up to ½-inch diameter) stem that had been cut off 1-2 inches […]
Continue Reading7/8/2022 – Placed order with Oakes Daylilies for 3 Lullaby Babies. The Bonus one that they gave was Bitsy. The Lullabies were planted in the lady bed on the north side and west. The Bitsey is at the SW corner of the house next to the plastic downspout pipe. It is a lemon yellow, extra […]
Continue Reading7/7/2022 – Fertilized all crepes with 13-13-13 out to the drip line.
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