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11/3-6/2019 – Driskel Cotton Farm picked the windrowed peanuts with four combines, a special trailer, and lots of dust. This post is to show our Grandkids the process of gathering peanuts. First – Dig up the peanut plants so the peanuts dry out. Next – Use combines to remove the peanut from the plants. Next […]
Continue Reading11/5/2019 – The bed in the SW corner of the front yard (next to the citrus trees) had only a rose and a camellia but was mulched with hay all summer. We had more daylilies to take out of the crepe myrtle bed where they are not getting enough sun. We relocated 24 plants to […]
Continue Reading11/04/2019 – As the two new azaleas in the SE corner bed did not do well last year–not enough sun we think–we moved them to a bed we built today under the east window of the office. As Mary wants to plant her butterfly plants–that just arrived from Michigan Seed–in the narrow bed along the […]
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11/3/2019 – Mary planted Arctic King Lettuce seeds and bulb white onions in her garden. The lettuce is in the second row from the fence and the onions are in the row nearest the fence.
Continue Reading11/3/2019 – We moved daylilies from the crepe myrtle bed along the road to the new beds between the camellias along the north-south wood fence next to the pecan orchard. There are now 25 plants in each of the two beds along the fence. Mary put two double handfuls of alfalfa pellets in the bottom […]
Continue Reading11/02/2019 – Planted in the north half: April Cross Radish – Row 11, north 10 ft. of the south half Emperor Spinach – Row 11, north end of the north half Buttercrunch Lettuce – Row 12, north end of the south half Rainbow Carrots – Row 12, south end of the south half King Richard […]
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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 […]
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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.
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In the Big Garden 10/20/2019, 8:00 AM – On our 24th anniversary, we planted in the big garden four vegetables. The weather forecast is for cooler evenings are regular rains as the days begin to cool with highs only in the 70’s. Counting on that being true, and that we can mitigate a hot day […]
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10/15/2019 – Today Driskel Cotton Farms began digging the peanuts planted this year. The digging attachment needs a big tractor that moves slowly. It moves slowly so the peanuts are not knock off the vine as they are being dug up. They are dug up so the sun can dry them. They need to dry […]
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