A farmer works in acres not hours.
11/20/2019 – Mary noticed wasps flying into a hole in the ground under the edge of the row of azaleas near the silver maple tree. Lady had been there and must have disturbed them. I sprayed a wasp spray on the place in the leaves where they were disappearing into. That caused more to be […]
Continue ReadingPosted No Hunting signs on north fence east of Leslie Duke’s house. Sprayed stumps from his cutting last weekend. Killed other tallow using machete and Remedy. There is still some to kill where his east fence takes off from ours. Found the couple of kudzu vines that were missed several weeks ago and sprayed them […]
Continue Reading11/18/2019 – Planted a Louisiana Sweets Hamlin orange in the citrus grove in the old barn site. Bought at Hurley Farm & Feed Store and grown by Star Nursery. See here for info. It is next to and just south of the Blood Orange in the row next to the pond yard nearest to the […]
Continue Reading11/18/2019 – Used Fergie to pull the old 10-ft gate to drag down the many horse piles in the old garden. Mary used the JD lawn tractor to mow the briars. She was very happy with how it looked.
Continue Reading11/18/2019 – Replanted De Cicco and Wortham 29 Broccoli between the scattered seedlings in row 9. Row 10 is empty as neither broccoli came up. In Row 12, where the Corvair Spinach did not germinate, we planted Bloomsdale Long Standing spinach. Watered all sowing to hopefully help them to come up even though the soil […]
Continue Reading11/17/2019 – In the east row nearest the fence where the onions did not come up, Mary planted a Bonnie Plants’ six-pack of Bonnie Spinach and a six-pack of Red Romaine Leaf Lettuce bought at WalMart today. Per the tag: light requirements for both is “Part Shade 3-6 hours”; morning sun at planting hits them […]
Continue Reading11/17/2019 – Side dressed the Pak Choi and onion sets in the fourth row with 34-0-0. For the Pak Choi, dribbled it into a shallow grove drawn with the hoe. Then pulled some dirt over it. Dribbled a little into the onions. 11/19/2019 – Feed the onions sets with fish emulsion.
Continue Reading11/17/2019 – We had a light frost on the roof of the house a week or so ago but today was the first frost on the grass and generally everywhere.
Continue Reading11/16/2019 – Bought a six-pack of Bonnie’s Green Magic Hybrid Broccoli at Hurley Farm & Feed. Planted them in the north end of Mary’s Garden where the basil had been. Per the tag: full Sun 6+ hours morning sun at planting hits them at ______ afternoon sun is gone by 3 PM. maturity 57 days […]
Continue Reading11/15/2019 – The first mustard planted on 10/10/19 (Florida Broadleaf) in rows 3 & 4 is 4-6″ tall. Although it was planted in a double row the rain spread the seed around and the top of the wide row has a good distribution of young plants. Threw 34-0-0 along the row and watered it in. […]
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