A farmer works in acres not hours.
The journal of events related to bushes, trees, flower beds, and the lawn.
6/6/2020 – Miss Mary Mary and Prestor John daylily fans I ordered (2 each) arrived and we needed a place to plant them. The Bonus fan was another Pardon Me. Widened the Martin House bed on the south and east sides about 18″; i.e. the width of the tiller. The Miss Mary Mary’s are on […]
Continue Reading6/1/2020 – Fed all Crape Myrtles–in the orchard and the yard–their 2-week feeding to keep them blooming. The fertilizer spread was leftover 15-0-15 and some 33-00-00+00-00-66.
Continue Reading6/1/2020 – After spreading 15-0-15 on Rangers’ pasture, I spread 100 lbs. at the same rate over: the front yard the east yard and the back yard the kitchen yard the grassed (non-equipment) area on the pecan trees between the barn and the fence. This was the first time ever to fertilize that area. I […]
Continue ReadingSprayed Propiconazole 14.3 at 2 oz./gal on all daylilies. Those that have little if any Rust only got lighter spraying.
Continue Reading5/24/2020 – The three varieties of marigolds planted in the garden to be moved to the yard came up well. We relocated the best ones to the backyard bed along the electrical wall in front of the new hydrangeas and some in the azalea bed under the oak tree. The plants were dug up and […]
Continue Reading5/24/2020 – We gave up on the Sunset Magic Crapes doing anything in the front yard along the driveway. Moved them to the empty bed next to the power pole near the yard garden. They were planted on September 20, 2017 and reworked to raise them on January 20, 2020. Never grew after losing most […]
Continue Reading5/22/2020 – Fed all the roses with the concoction below that was added to 4 gallons of water (16 quarts) in a 5-gallon bucket. Mixing was much easier done this way and the feeding went much quicker.
Continue Reading5/21/2020 – Mixed up the “concoction” in watering cans and fed 8 gallons to the new Mother’s Day daylilies and the seedlings and transplants planted in the recently built Martin House Bed we call the Daylily Nursery. The concoction this time consisted of 1 Tbsp/Gallon of: Chelated Iron by Southern Ag Fish Emulsion Miracle Grow.
Continue Reading5/19/2020 – Sprayed Epsom salt on the two rows of tomatoes and peppers in the Garden. Sprayed all the roses. The spray was mixed at 1 tbsp per gallon and it took almost 2 gallons.
Continue Reading5/16/2020 – Spread 13-13-13 to just beyond the leaf line on: all citrus and fruit trees in their small orchard the satsuma and sand pear tree at the garden Threw some into the aspidistra hoping that will make them start growing.
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