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3/4/2020 – Three readings were taken at 8:30 AM in the north end that has been disked but not plowed. All three were 69 F, 3″ down. The past three days have been in the high 60s to low 70s leading up to the rain today. The low last night was 69 F. Note the […]
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3/3/2020 – After Wayne Maples finished the final grading of the pond area this morning we bought two 25 lb bags of Pennington Terra Verde bermuda grass mix and 5 lbs of TifBlair Centipede seed at Hurley Farm & Feed. The day before the soil temperature was 61-63 F, at the end of the fully […]
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2/29/2020, Leap Day – To further prepare for the spring garden today we harvested the: remaining few spinach and lettuce leaves the remaining small broccoli heads the remaining Icicle radish the remaining Daikon Radish and the carrots. The surprise was the carrots. The leaf tops never got more than 6″ tall and were not filled […]
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2/20/2020 – Rainy day in the mid 50’s F. Picked up 500 Coppernose Bluegill fingerlings and 500 Fathead Minnow fingerlings from the Alabama Fish & Pond truck at St. Elmo Feed. The minnows were in one bag and the bluegills in two. Within 30 minutes the bags were resting in the water of the pond […]
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2/9/2020 – Justice Williamson completed the 1-1/4″ PVC pipe from the pump to the pond. Water began flowing at 11:15 AM. With the ball valve fully open the water only trickled in the house. With it at 50% we the pressure in the house is ok. We timed how long it took to fill a […]
Continue Reading2/7/2020 – Ordered 500 Flat Head Minnows and 500 Copper Nose Bluegills from Alabama Fish & Pond for pickup at St. Elmo Feed and Seed on 2/21/2020. Cost will be $290. The lady said: In the summer we could seed bass fingerlings at 50:1 Given the pond is a bit muddy could feed them a […]
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2/2/2020 – We wet enough Jiffy Seed Starting Mix to fill the 72 cells in a tray. The mix is composed of peat moss, coconut coir, and vermiculite. With them filled by what fell in we pushed down each one to remove some of the air and had cells that were 1/2 to 2/3’s full. […]
Continue Reading1/26/2020 Product Quantity Price Total French Marigold, Lemon Drop, 0.5 g 1 $2.75 $2.75 Golden Bush Scallop Summer Squash, 3 g 1 $2.75 $2.75 Charleston Belle Sweet Bell Pepper, 0.3 g 1 $2.95 $2.95 Zinnia, State Fair Mixed Colors, 1 g 1 $2.50 $2.50 French Marigold, Spanish Brocade, 0.5 g 1 $2.75 $2.75 Danvers 126 […]
Continue Reading1/26/2020 Garden Combination Inoculant$5.19 Size: 1 UnitDunja Organic (F1) Zucchini Squash Seed$4.75 Size: PacketGold Star F1) Yellow Summer Squash Seed$4.55 Size: PacketSweet Thai Basil Seed$4.55 Size: PacketLi Ren Choi (F1) Green Seed$4.55 Size: PacketGranadero Organic (F1) Tomato Seed$6.95 Size: Packet SUBTOTAL$30.54SHIPPING$10.00EST. SALES TAX$2.44ORDER TOTAL$42.98
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1/25/2020 – Wayne returned with the excavator and smoothed out the banks that had become rippled and washed out in places.
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