A farmer works in acres not hours.
4/28/2019 – We realized the daylilies along the front of the house where the drip hoses operated daily had developed Rust–some more than others. The ones at the drip hose were the worst. Those we moved from there recently took the rust to the bed along the road/fence; but not too much. Hopefully, we found/learned […]
Continue Reading4/27/2019 – We bought an Encore Autumn Princess intermediate size azalea and planted it where we had planted the dwarf Encore Autumn Fire; i.e the SE corner bed in the front yard. Now the two Encores will be the same size. We planted the Autumn Fire in the backyard at the undeveloped gap between the […]
Continue Reading4/11/2019 – This feeding was inspired by the Hooker Formula and other variations. The first application went well and we will tweak the set up for next time. We plan to re-feed sooner than Hooker as we ended up putting on less than planned. As of 5/8/2019, there is a great improvement in leaf color […]
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Before the rain began this morning (first rain in a month) we widened the narrow bed between the SE corner bed with the power pole and the southmost new camellia. Dug up the large clump of daylilies in the driveway bed and pull out two fans. Dug up a clump that was out of place […]
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We completed tilling the bed along the wood fence. Mary planted the four new daylily varieties (21 total plants) she ordered from American Meadows. They are cited below. ‘Crimson Pirate’ Daylily blooms in clear red with golden yellow accents and a sunny yellow throat. Narrow, elongated petals give this easy-care plant a refined look, especially […]
Continue ReadingThe bed along the wood fence between the Crepes was cleaned out –other than the ends–of the wildflowers that were mostly clover last week. Used the Troy-Bilt cultivator till the soil that was hard other than next to the crepes and plumbago where it is moist from our watering the plants. Pried off fans from […]
Continue Reading1/27/2019 – We spread at the location below 4 sacks, 200 lbs., of cottonseed meal bought from Grand Bay Feed and Seed for $52. As we had spread yesterday maybe 25% of one sack on Mary’s large veggie garden the locations below received 180 lbs. It was all “wiped” into the mulch with the garden […]
Continue Reading10/24/2018 – As we had a light all-day drizzly rain yesterday–that should have made the dry soil workable–and tomorrow is 100% chance of rain we decided we had to get the last of the yard work done, including mulching and spreading the wildflower seeds, before the rain tomorrow. Widened bed between the walkway to the […]
Continue ReadingOrdered 10/13/18 from American Meadows at 50% off. Frans Hals Daylily Bag of 3, Item #: 7FDL3 $10.49 Hyperion Reblooming Daylily Bag of 3, Item #: 54FDL3 $11.99
Continue Reading9/25/2018 – All Daylilies & Knockouts with 13-13-13. The roses look better but need more. First time using “balanced” fertilizer on daylilies.
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