A farmer works in acres not hours.
The journal of events related to bushes, trees, flower beds, and the lawn.
1/25/2023 – Over the past couple of weeks weeded the beds around the front yard and back patio. Today, weeded the beds along the front of the house and cut the knock-out roses back to about 3.5 feet. Also, cut back the two along the kitchen wall. Rounded the two floribunda roses on either side […]
Continue Reading11/18/2022 – We have had several frosts but everything lived through them. Today it was 27 degrees at sunrise and a hard frost that killed the tomatoes, and squash in the garden as well as the periwinkles in the yard.
Continue Reading11/01/2022 – Spreader Pendulum 2G to prevent Burweed from germinating with the cyclone seeder set on 2. Spread it in the areas below. Roughly half the 40 lb. silver metallic bag was spread. The remaining half bag will be spread in early spring on spots in the yard to prevent crabgrass and other weed germination.
Continue ReadingPrice Subtotal Benary Giant Zinnia Mix – 250 seeds Benary Giant Zinnia Mix – 250 seeds quantity + $6.50 Iberia Cayenne Pepper Iberia Cayenne Pepper quantity 30 seeds $2.50 Benary Giant Yellow Zinnia – 50 seeds Benary Giant Yellow Zinnia – 50 seeds quantity, 2 packs $3.99 Over 100 different varieties are marked 50% off […]
Continue Reading7/29/2022 – 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 […]
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7/28/2022 – Planted the four new daylilies ordered on 7/8/2022 from Oakes Daylilies. The Bonus one they gave was Bitsy. The Lullaby Babies were planted in the lady bed on the north side and west. The Bitsey is at the SW corner of the house next to the plastic downspout pipe. It is a 1-½ […]
Continue Reading7/23/2022 – Removed 4 proliferations from the clump near the center of the Orchard Railfence Bed. Mary rooted them in Miracle Grow Potting soil. There are three pots with one having 2 smaller stems to root. There are more that will be rooted once the stems are beginning to dry. See American Meadows here for […]
Continue ReadingSpread 13-13-13 as follows. Four to five handfulls (almost 2 cups) at the canopy of the hydrangeas depending on the size. Five handfulls (about 2 cups) around the three magnolias in the pond yard out to 4-5 feet from the trunks. Four handfulls (almost 2 cups) around the citrus trees.
Continue Reading7/11/2022 – Lightning struck the two pecan trees either side of the path to the orchard. It also knocked out the two boards in the generator’s transfer switch controller.
Continue ReadingMixed 3 gallons of gly at 4 oz. per gallon in the new backpack sprayer and sprayed around: all pecan trees in the orchard and yard that did not have beds; around the barn and old equipment; around the grain bin; around the blueberries in the yard and pond yard; around the 3 magnolias in […]
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