A farmer works in acres not hours.
The journal of events related to bushes, trees, flower beds, and the lawn.
10/12/2019 – August was a very wet month with over 11″ of rain through the 26th. The only rain here between then and October 12 today, when 1.23″ fell, was a brief shower of 0.4″–although parts of Mobile flooded with 6″ of rain. Since mid-August, we have installed the 1″ PVC water line to the […]
Continue Reading10/7/2019 – Sprayed Capt. Jack’s Dead Bug Brew (spinosad) on only the citrus trees in the citrus grove as the leaf miners are still there. The last spraying made a difference and probably should have re-sprayed a few weeks ago.
Continue Reading9/27/2019 – Tested a soil sample from the unplanted, round daylily bed in the citrus grove using the Home Test kit. Found the color of the solution to be closest to a ph of 6.5. Good for daylilies!!!
Continue Reading2/22/2019 – Completed the installation of 1/2″ drip irrigation in the beds along: the wood fence next to the pecan orchard north to the second Camilla; i.e not into the Bay Tree bed; to the gate post at the driveway and; installed a 2-hour mechanical timer at the new fawcett at the power pole in […]
Continue Reading8/8/2019 – From Parks Seeds for planting spring 2020. Profusion Sunrise Mix Zinnia Seeds — 1 pkg, 25 seeds Park’s Picks Mix Zinnia Seeds — 1 pkg, 50 seeds Giant Cactus Mix Zinnia Seeds – 2 pkgs – 100 total seeds
Continue Reading8/1/2019 – The azaleas between the backyard and the barnyard have grown well since we cut them back here. By the end of the next bloom, they will be too high again and, besides, Mary said I would regret it if I did not trim them now. I am not stupid and did as told. […]
Continue Reading8/1/2019 – Lightly spread 15-0-15 on all crepe myrtles, the bridal wreaths, the three small camellias along the orchard fence, and the aspidistras under the pecan trees.
Continue Reading8/1/2019 – The leaves have brown dead places and ragged holes in some of them. Clearly, some type of fungus but could not be sure which. Sprayed the leaves and trunk to drip with liquid copper.
Continue Reading7/31/2019 – Leaf curling on the small trees can now be clearly seen as leafminers. Given the trunks are about 1″ in diameter, applied 1 oz. of Martin’s Dominion Tree & Shrub with Imidacloprid in a gallon of water poured slowly inside the drip line at the mulch line.
Continue Reading7/31/2019 – Following the advice here poured about one gallon of standard Miracle Grow (1T/gal) around all panicle hydrangeas. Per that advice, this application is the final one of four. Also poured same on the bay tree and the three little Sunset Magic Crepe Myrtles. The crepes are blooming.
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