A farmer works in acres not hours.
2/8/2024 – Spread Pendulum 2G for crabgrass where the label says for St. Augustinegrass to spread 75 – 100 lbs/acre = 1.7 – 2.3 lbs/1,000 sf. Used the new Earthway cyclone seeder/spreader bought in January to replace Dad’s old one the rats or squirrels had eaten. The rate chart on the bottom of the spreader […]
Continue Reading10/28/2022 – Sowed Elbon Rye in the garden as a cover crop. Disked it in with the disk only 1-2 inches deep. Spread 25 lbs. of Winter Ryegrass on Ranger’s field other than a maybe 50-ft wide swath from the north garden fence along the east fence to the north fence. That was more seed […]
Continue Reading10/1/2021 – As the weather has begun to cool off, the Florida Betony missed in the spring spraying is coming back. Spider Wort continues to pop up and some had been spot sprayed with WFZ. This plan used info from April 19th’s spraying plan but used the Gator to carry the sprayer rather than pulling […]
Continue Reading7/17/2021 – The washes at the Old Oaks are about a foot deep so pushed the edges in to hopefully create a slower flow. Spread more Pensacola Bahia seed: heavy at that location; at the bald spot just west of there; at the steep area on the west end south side; and at the steep […]
Continue ReadingMay 21- 26, 2021 We moved the sand Wayne brought us into the low spots of the lawn using Fergie and the dirt scoop bought last year. Used the backside of the scoop to do major spreading then raked it to near level. Then used the new leveling tool, like used on golf course greens, […]
Continue Reading7/15/2020 – On this hot morning before an all afternoon series of thunderstorms, we widened the narrow bed along the driveway (in the Magnolia Frescati “yard”). It was widened about a shovel width and is now about 3.5 feet wide. Only the large white rose in the center hangs outside the edge. The sod was […]
Continue ReadingSowed 5 lbs. of hulled Bermuda grass seed: around the ponds edge and bald spots; in front of the Shed; and between the barn and grain bin
Continue Reading4/30/2020 – Spread 5 lbs of Pennington Numex Sahara BermudaGrass unhulled seed. The seed was Penkoted and had been treated “with what is commonly known as Stimulate”. It was spread in: the dirt area between the barn and grain bin; the bare spots along old fence line near blueberries; bare spots near the pond gate; […]
Continue Reading4/22/2020 – Mixed one of the two 1-gallon packets of Sedgehammer+ in the 24-D pump up sprayer and sprayed the sedge in the: backyard from the pecans to the pump and kitchen yard. The Active Ingredient is Halosulfuron-methyl 5% Targets: Purple Nutsedge, Yellow Nutsedge, Kyllinga
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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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