A farmer works in acres not hours.
The journal of events related to bushes, trees, flower beds, and the lawn.
2/12/2022 – Spread 8-8-8 on Citrus and Blueberries. The citrus trees got 4-6 handfuls scattered 1-2 feet outside the drip line. The small blueberries east of the barn got 3-4 handfuls and the old row got 6-8 handfuls on the average out to 3-4 feet beyond the drip line.
Continue Reading1/31/2022 – Pruned out the small stuff, crossing limbs, dead limbs, and suckers from all crepe myrtles.
Continue Reading1/31/2021 – As done successfully in 2021, sprayed 6oz/gal Glyphosate of FL betony in east daylily bed at the orchard, along the Crepe bed by the road and the bed beside the guest room and office.
Continue Reading9/3/2021 – Ants are beginning to be too prevalent so we need to spread more Extinguish but do not want to spread fertilizer. Bought 4.5 lbs so we should be able to cover 3 acres. The goal here is to spread it, without blending, in the cyclone seeder at the rate per the label. To […]
Continue Reading11/28/2021 Product image Description Quantity Price 1 Squash Honeynut SeedSeed / Treated / 25 Seeds 1 $3.19 1 Zinnia Benary’s Giant Mix SeedSeed / Untreated / 250 SeedsBackorder date: On backorder. Estimated due week of 09-16-22 1 $8.74 1 Squash Autumn Frost F1 SeedSeed / Treated / 25 Seeds 1 $4.98 1 Thyme Ayelet Organic […]
Continue ReadingSprayed WFZ at 2 oz. per gallon using the pull-behind sprayed in the Gator. That would be about 2/3 oz/1000SF that is low but higher than the last time and that time worked ok. Sprayed: Between the east row and center row of pecan trees from the road to one tree away from the Tack […]
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 Reading10/26/2021 – The last spraying of WFZ worked well except for the missed spots. This spraying covered those locations. Note in that post the error found when working up the numbers below. That application was some less than the minimum per the label but it worked well to kill the Florida Betony and Spider Wort […]
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 Reading9/17/2021 – Applied a final feeding of the grass of 15-0-15 plus Iron mixed with Extinguish to kill the ants. The first half of September has been a very wet month with 13″ of rain from Hurricane Ida and 5″ from TD Nicholas. This feeding is at the normal time but is even more important […]
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