A farmer works in acres not hours.
11/2/2019 – Pulled most of the weeds and four volunteer tomato plants from the compost from the 12-foot diameter round bed we have been preparing and tilled it again. Placed two 12″ square red concrete patio stones in the center of the circle and put the concrete lady statue there. Drew in the soil a […]
Continue ReadingFed Fish Emulsion to all the plants in her garden that had 2nd and 3rd level leaves; i.e. not just popped up seeds. Those that were fertilized were: the Bonnie Chinese Cabbage, Swiss Chard, and Pak Choy
Continue Reading10/30/2019 – Fed: Superbloom + fish emulsion to: the Knockout Roses in the kitchen yard and around the front porch, the white & pink roses in the long bed along the driveway the Julia Child yellow roses in the pots and in the Bay Tree bed, the pink rose at the bird feeder/end of the […]
Continue Reading10/28/2019 – Removed the St. Augustine grass and planted it in the round dead spot on that end of the yard. Tilled the soil about 6″ deep with the JD tiller. Dug the trench along the grass and leveled the new bed. The purpose of this bed is to provide a place in the sun […]
Continue Reading10/28/2019 – This was the second light liquid fertilizing of the Celebrities where other plants are now putting on small tomatoes. The Romas are blooming so this is the first time for them during the bloom stage. The tomatillos are also blooming so they got another shot. Fertilized the Celebrity and Roma tomatoes, as well […]
Continue Reading10/27/2019 – Spread about 20 lbs. of Pendulum 2G herbicide to stop Burweed from germinating. Spread it with the JD broadcast spreader pulled by the JD lawn tractor over the following areas. a rectangular space in the orchard from the garden to near Pecan No. 2 to the center rows of pecans to a line […]
Continue Reading10/27/2019 – The fast progressing fungus damage to the winter squash may have been slowed down but the last two days of rain did not help. Sprayed all of them with Mancozeb. A lot of leaves are now missing and fruit is sitting there between leaf stems with no leaves.
Continue Reading12/24/2019 – Broadcast Elbon Rye and Crimson Clover on old garden, pond field, and burn pile field before the rain that is to start tomorrow–and did. On the 25th it rained all day for a total of 2.92″.
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10/24/2019 – Today we bought a six-pack of Bonnie Chinese Cabbage, Napa Type, at Hurley Farm & Feed store. Mary planted them in the south end of the westmost row where Ravin the horse had rolled.
Continue Reading12/23/2019 – Last week I began seeing some leaf decay and should have sprayed then. A few days later it was getting worse and still waited. Today there were much larger areas than yesterday so sprayed about the 1/2 gallon that was left of Bonibe Copper-based fungicide. It covered the north half of the two […]
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