Sprayed Mary’s Garden with Spinosad
10/20/2020 – Flea beetles are eating her plants so sprayed all plants other than the peppers, Tia Basil, and onions with the last of the Spinosad bought at Hurley F&S.
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Planted 3 Magnolias Around the Pond
10/20/2020 – For our 25th Anniversary present for each other we bought three 35-gallon Bracken’s Brown Beauty Magnolias from Oak Hill Tree Farm. 10/21/2020 – Used Frank’s post hole auger to start the holes for the two on the south side of the pond. Made the hole 6″+ larger than the 35-gallon pot. Mary cut […]
Continue ReadingPlanted First 4 Native Azaleas in Mary’s Springs
10/14/2020 – We planted four Rhododendron Austrinum native azaleas in the west end of Mary’s Springs. They were: Florida Flame Azalea Apricot Millie Mac Reagan They were ordered from https://www.mailordernatives.com/.
Continue ReadingPlanted Red Onion Bulbs & Daikon Radishes
10/15/2020 – Planted an 18-foot double-row of red onion bulbs from St. Elmo F&S in Row 8 between the Warrior Bunching Onions—that are 1″-2″ high needle-thin shoots—and the Tendergreen Spinach/Mustard. The row had been hilled last week so used the hoe to loosen it about 3″ deep. Raked it flat then used the hoe to […]
Continue ReadingSowed pre-sprouted beet seeds in row 5a
10/10/2020, mid-afternoon – The north 25 ft of row 5A had been hilled and so used the hoe to carve in a 3″-4″ deep groove. Spread bone meal and used the garden rake to pull the dirt on top of the bone meal—maybe 1 ” cover. Note: Hurricane Delta—now TS Delta—dumped 0.92″ of rain on […]
Continue ReadingBought Spinach, Cabbage, & Chard Seeds
10/10/2020 – Bought at St. Elmo Feed and Seed: Bloomsdale Spinach Bok Choi Cabbage Lucullus Swiss Chard
Continue ReadingCompleted Repair of Buried Electric Dog Fence
10/9/2020 – Buried a new wire from a new junction box to a grease-cup splice at the little oak tree near the northwest most pole of the barn. The original wire goes from a new grey junction box 2′ from the pole to a new junction box halfway to the deck. See the plan image […]
Continue ReadingSprayed Citrus with Spinosad
10/8/2020 – Sprayed the lemons and satsumas with Spinosad for the second time in this series to stop the leaf miners.
Continue ReadingDriskells sowed Ryegrass with Airplane
10/6/2020 – Bryan Woodham called and said a plane would spread ryegrass seed over the cotton field this afternoon–no chemicals. The plane was fun to watch as usual. I passed the news on to our neighbors.
Continue ReadingSowed EJW Cabbage & Leef Beet Chard
10/5/2020 – Used the hiller to build rows 5A & 5B where the pumpkins had been. The soil had been thoroughly disked so raced up an pulled up the rows….again forgetting to put the fertilizer down before hilling. Will have to fertilize differently and let it be an experiment. See below for how it was […]
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