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7/29/2022 – 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 […]
Continue Reading2/23/2022 – Tilled the bed with the JD Tiller where the daylilies were removed this morning on the south side of the grain bin between the entry platform and the firewood shed. Dug up the Blue Plumbagos that were established between the parent and the grass at the SE and SW corner of the house. […]
Continue Reading11/7/2021 – That morning was the first frost for this fall. Air temp was 35° and the dew point was 34°. The heavy dew only froze on the roof and grass not under the trees. 11/8/2021 – Almost an exact repeat of the morning before although the frost was not as dense. The tomatoes, basil, […]
Continue Reading3/13/2021 – Today we fed the backyard daylilies, roses, hydrangeas, and spireas the Hooker formula with the Epsom Salts as opposed to the last feeding of daylilies when we left it out. We added the Epsom Salts this time as the Roses seemed to like it even though the soil test shows we have high […]
Continue Reading4/21/2020 – The three large white plumbagos we planted last year– in the Crape bed along the rail fence–did not make it through the winter. We planted three one-gallon blue ones bought from Ted & Nancy’s Vegetable Stand. Dug out what looked like independent little ones from the plant in the bed at the house. […]
Continue Reading10/30/2019 – Fed: Superbloom + fish emulsion to: the Knockout Roses in the kitchen yard and around the front porch, the white & pink roses in the long bed along the driveway the Julia Child yellow roses in the pots and in the Bay Tree bed, the pink rose at the bird feeder/end of the […]
Continue Reading7/18/2019 – Fed the large crepes along the road with 34-0-0. They continue to bloom well and some are hanging down to the grass as they did in the spring. As I walked by also lightly fed the bridal wreaths and plumbagos. The plumbagos had been close to dying but are now doing well with […]
Continue Reading7/1/2019 – Fertilized all Crepes–including the ones along the road and orchard fence, with 34-0-0. Very lightly threw some on the Sunset Magic Crepes along the driveway and the one at the grain bin. The transplanted azaleas at the grain bin also got a little. Very lightly threw some on the plumbagos and bridal wreaths […]
Continue ReadingThe remaining two blue plumbagos–bought late last year at Mobile Botanical Gardens fall sale–are trying to die like the other two. I sprayed them last week with Sevin in case the problem was a pest. They seemed to look some better but still no new growth and a lot of dead near the base. Sounds […]
Continue ReadingAbout 6/6/2019 – Bought from Ted & Nancy’s Fruit Stand, on Three-Notch, two 3-gallon white plumbagos to replace two of the blue ones that died mysteriously. On a page about plumbago’s the writer said there is a white variety know as Alba. The tag on the two we bought did not call it that.
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