A farmer works in acres not hours.
Journal of events related to the pond and its perimeter. Does not include the pond yard.
5/1/2020 – Used the JD tiller to prepare the soil in the space that was the pond-side of the yard-pond fence at the road where the new rail fence extends into what was the double-wide gate. The bed had been a large curved bed in the corner of the rail fence and the pond fence. […]
Continue Reading5/30/2020 – Below water quality values obtained using HACH’s AquaChek test strip. At 7:00 AM Total Hardness – 1.5 Total Alkalinity – 0 pH – 6.2 At 12 Noon Total Hardness – 1.5 Total Alkalinity – 0 pH – 6.8
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 ReadingNOTE – Several of these plants were frozen in the three low-20° cold spells during the first months of 2021. The ones that may have lived were badly damaged. All four were removed and azaleas for the backyard row were planted. 4/28/2020 – Planted four 3-gallon Oleanders, bought at Ted & Nancy’s Vegetable Stand, on […]
Continue Reading4/27/2020 – Picked up 3-50 lb sacks of Sportsman’s Choice® Fingerling Fish Feed from Hurley F&F. Threw out 4-5 handfuls in and around the PVC pipe circle.
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4/18 & 19/2020 – We rented an EZ-Trencher from Sunbelt Rental to bury the Extreme Dog Fence, Second Generation, 2020, Standard Grade Kit Package by Extreme Dog Fence with 1,500 feet of wire. The trencher digs great but since you have to pull it backwards it is impossible to maintain a straight line. A low cost […]
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Paul Farill and Justin Lee, with a lot of help from Sylvia, completed Rail Fence: along the road at the pond; on the property line between us and Peggy/Frank back to the ditch; the N-S fence on the west side of the old garden field either side of the new shed. Peg/Frank also had them […]
Continue Reading4/17/2020 – We had 15-20 Beach Sunflower Seeds left from the pack planted in the garden. Sowed them in a very small area. Raked it to loosen the black dirt, sprinkled them on, raked them, then walked it down.
Continue Reading4/11/2020 – Bought last week at Blair’s two five-gallon Natchez Crapemyrtles, grown by Flowerwood Nursery. Planted them next to the new rail fence along the road south of the pond. Tilled the ground around the locations and deeply where they were planted. Poured Root Stimulator in the bottom of the holes, set the plants, backfilled […]
Continue Reading4/3/2020 – Sowed American Meadows’ wildflower seeds in the NW corner of the pond yard. Mixed them with dry play sand and sowed them with the push spreader. The corner is Area 3 in the plan below. Area 1 was sowed last week.
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