A farmer works in acres not hours.
10/24/2020 – About 3:30 PM, after the ½” rain this morning, sowed in the south half: Cherry Belle Radishes in the north 7 feet of Row 4; Icicle Radishes (2019 seed) in the empty 9′ part of Row 5A between the EJW Cabbage and Detroit Red Beets and; Bok Choi (Top Notch seed from St. […]
Continue Reading10/23/2020 – The hill was drawn three days ago and today a deep V-groove was made with the hoe. Dropped in 8-8-8 with Borax and raked the soil back over it. In the south half, sowed Waltham 29 Broccoli (2019 seed) in the south end of Row 10. Used the PVC drop tube, dragging about […]
Continue Reading10/21/2020 – We went to the Springs and watered the little azaleas planted last week. Then we scattered wildflower seeds gathered from our flowers last year. One bag was Beach Sunflowers and the other was a mix of whatever we gathered. Those bags were spread in the “Bowl” and the west end of the Springs […]
Continue Reading10/20/2020 – 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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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 Reading10/14/2020 – 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 Reading10/15/2020 – 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 Reading10/10/2020, 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 Reading10/10/2020 – Bought at St. Elmo Feed and Seed: Bloomsdale Spinach Bok Choi Cabbage Lucullus Swiss Chard
Continue Reading10/9/2020 – 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 […]
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