A farmer works in acres not hours.
5/24/2023 – I tilled two days ago the 5-6 foot wide row on the west edge of the north half where there is a plot of daylilies and onions. We had collected a lot of flower seed packets that had not been sowed so Mary scattered them in the tilled and raked-out soil. I then […]
Continue Reading5/20/2023 – This will be the first fungicide treatment for daylily rust and rose fungus and uses a combination spray of a contact and a systemic product. Our 2021 and 2020 post here has a lot of great info and was the guide for this treatment using Propiconazole 14.3 (the systemic) and Daconil (the contact […]
Continue Reading5/11/2023 – Relocated the following.
Continue Reading5/7/2023 – Sidedressed the following with the time-release fertilizer. The peppers we started in the greenhouse and transplanted last week are still small. The tomatoes are dark green with many blooms and small green tomatoes. The intent is to fertilize the tomatoes and peppers with a low nitrogen level (5.45% initial then slow release at […]
Continue Reading4/24/2023 – Bought two “Radwhite” Knock Out Roses from Ted & Nancy’s and planted one on each side of the front porch in the center of the wall where the pannicle Limelight Hydrangeas were almost killed by the cold. They were coming back from at the stump but we decided to discard them rather than […]
Continue Reading2/23/2023 – Bought 3 sacks of GreenPoint Pro 13-6-6 slow-release fertilizer with trace elements and spread one sack on all the flower beds. Only spread some around the daylilies in the Crepe bed along the road. The rate spread was like last year where the density was judged based on a measured amount spread on […]
Continue Reading7/29/2022 – Spread Slow Release granules on the beds as before. What we did before. On March 29, 2022, we spread Greenpoint PRO 13-6-6 / 58% Slow Release Premium Fertilizer with Agrocote on the beds. It includes magnesium 3%, sulfur 9%, boron 0.12%, zinc 0.06%, and, iron 5%. All plants have done as well as […]
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7/28/2022 – Planted the four new daylilies ordered on 7/8/2022 from Oakes Daylilies. The Bonus one they gave was Bitsy. The Lullaby Babies were planted in the lady bed on the north side and west. The Bitsey is at the SW corner of the house next to the plastic downspout pipe. It is a 1-½ […]
Continue Reading7/23/2022 – Removed 4 proliferations from the clump near the center of the Orchard Railfence Bed. Mary rooted them in Miracle Grow Potting soil. There are three pots with one having 2 smaller stems to root. There are more that will be rooted once the stems are beginning to dry. See American Meadows here for […]
Continue Reading7/8/2022 – Placed order with Oakes Daylilies for 3 Lullaby Babies. The Bonus one that they gave was Bitsy. The Lullabies were planted in the lady bed on the north side and west. The Bitsey is at the SW corner of the house next to the plastic downspout pipe. It is a lemon yellow, extra […]
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