A farmer works in acres not hours.
6/10/2021 – Given the very wet spring and heavy rains the grass is understandably looking pale. In addition, it is trying to push up through the leveling sand and so some fertilizer would be good. Decided to apply AGFA’s 8-8-8 with iron as it has twice the iron as does the 15-0-15. ACES says here for a […]
Continue Reading6/11/2021 – This is the second fertilization of the Bermuda and centipede sowed around the pond. Below is the evaluation of the areas and a comparison of the soil test report recommendation to ACES’s recommended nitrogen for a low maintenance lawn. Even though it now needs fertilizer it still needs to be mowed at least […]
Continue Reading6/9/2021 – Sprayed the tomatoes with liquid copper for blight that is rising from the bottom. It is worse on the Celebrity than on the Best Boys. There is very little on the Super Sweet 100 Cherry tomatoes.
Continue Reading6/8/2021 – Mary noticed some and when I looked to see what we sprayed last year this post last June told the story; i.e. Imidacloprid is good for 12 months and that is what we got. Last year and the year before we had a far worse infestation than this year. Sprayed all of them […]
Continue Reading6/8/2021 – The Super Sweet 100 cherry tomatoes are not as sweet as last year and I remembered that Epsom Salts is suppose to make tomatoes taste sweeter. Articles that confirmed that memory also said it was good for peppers and I have not sprayed the peppers since the signs of magnesium deficiency went away. […]
Continue Reading5/2/2021 – Fed them 33-0-0. The crepes got 4 handfuls and the others lightly.
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5/22/2021 to 6/2/2021 – This post is for the major events for the clearing and seeding of the west side of the creek and the north and south sides of Mary’s Springs. The primary vegetation removed were Tallow Trees and muscadine vines. This adds about 2.6 acres to the pasture land while making the creek […]
Continue Reading5/1/2021 – With no rain for the past 10+ days the pond level is down to halfway on the PVC water supply line. The algae we have treated twice is only along the edges but a few places on the south side have small floating bright green pads forming. The intent is to start filling […]
Continue Reading5/31/2021 – Sowed Pensacola Bahia grass seed in the three areas below that Wayne Maples completed clearing and leveling yesterday. Areas derived from Google Earth. North-South area along the west side of the creek – 39.5 KSF East-West area along the south side of Mary’s Springs – 21 KSF East-West area along the north side […]
Continue Reading5/1/2021 – Mary placed an order with The Violet Barn for the following. All text and images below are from their web site. Episcia Often referred to as “flame violets” or “chocolate soldier plant”, these gesneriads have the family’s most beautiful foliage. All grow quickly and easily. Since they readily produce stolons, they can be […]
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