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The journal of events related to bushes, trees, flower beds, and the lawn.
4/21/2020 – The three large white plumbagos we planted last year– in the Crape bed along the rail fence–did not make it through the winter. We planted three one-gallon blue ones bought from Ted & Nancy’s Vegetable Stand. Dug out what looked like independent little ones from the plant in the bed at the house. […]
Continue Reading4/15/2020 – The hibiscus plants along the electrical panel wall were bitten very hard by the winter’s freezes. All above-ground stems were killed and snapped off a few days ago. But, there are small leaves coming up from the stump area and so we need to feed them well. A link on the home page […]
Continue ReadingThis feeding was done like the second feeding last year. It took 20 seconds to fill a 5-gallon bucket from the hose at the veggie cleaning slab bib. Used that to figure how long to fill the 25-gallon white plastic barrel. We measured the following into the metal 2-gallon watering can and added water to […]
Continue Reading3/27&28/2020 – Bought from Woerners for $20/scoop, 10 scoops (2-1/2 CY) of crushed pine bark mulch and spread it on the following beds. Lady Daylily Bed New corner daylily bed SW of the fruit trees Herb bed at carport and under the kitchen window Across the front of the house and under the office window […]
Continue Reading3/18/2020 – Time to fertilize the citrus trees. Threw 15-0-15 under the small canopies and out at least 1 foot. Did the same to the peach and pear trees as they are leafing out and blooming. As the Bridal Wreaths are blooming some this year (more than ever before) threw some around them.
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3/12/2020 – Piper and Olivia helped build new style bluebird houses with a slot rather than a hole. They helped nail them together–with their new monogrammed hammers–and install them on the fence posts. I had built one as a trial to be sure they went together per the plan. Therefore, we added three houses along […]
Continue Reading3/4/2020 – Tom spread by handfuls 50 lbs of cottonseed meal on: all roses inside the fence but missed the ones outside at the gate; all camellias; all small azaleas. The small plants got 3-4 big handfuls and the larger Knockout roses got 6-8 handfuls. The meal was some that Peg and Frank got from […]
Continue Reading2/27/2020 – Mixed 2 gallons of 1.5 fl. oz./gal of Martin’s Dominion Tree & Shrub (Imidacloprid 1.47%) and poured it in a 3-ft band about 1 foot away from the multi-trunk. This is a followup to the recent neem oil drench of the leaves. 5/1/2020 – The label says: Trees: 1/2 oz per inch of distance […]
Continue Reading2/21/2020 – To hopefully prevent the usual aphid infestation on the Frescati we applied a systemic following the Neem Oil foliage drench a few weeks ago. Mixed 1.5 fl. oz. of Martin’s Dominion Tree & Shrub per one (1) gallon of water and poured it slowly from a watering can in a 3-ft band around […]
Continue Reading2/23/2020 – Sprayed the citrus trees with Spinosad about 5 PM as learned the sun quickly degrades its effectiveness. The last spray was midday on a sunny day. The intent is to kill leafminers and aphids.
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