A farmer works in acres not hours.
The journal of events related to bushes, trees, flower beds, and the lawn.
For 25 gallons The 3/4″ plastic supply hose in the first set up was replaced with a 1/2″ ID, 15′ long hose to dispense the solution slower for better control and to reach further back into the beds. That was a good change as it worked out as planned. The last time with the 3/4″ […]
Continue Reading5/16/2019 – Mary ordered the bag of 15 Summer Essential Spring Mix glads from American Meadows and planted them under the eave on both sides of the front door beyond the roses. “Summer Essentials Gladiolus Mix includes warm and breezy shades of pink, coral and apricot-orange flowers.” I dug up about a 1″ swath along […]
Continue Reading5/15/2019 – As it rained all last weekend, and we forgot to spray them Monday & Tuesday, the daylilies were sprayed today that was __ days since the last spraying. Sprayed them with Mancozeb. Every morning they are deadheaded and the worst of the Rust infected leaves are removed. There is still a lot of […]
Continue ReadingHeavy thunderstorms blew in Friday afternoon, Saturday, and Sunday morning from the WSW and blew over many of Mary’s onions, some of the corn and other stuff. Saturday there was 1.38″ of rain and Sunday 0.97″.
Continue Reading5/9/2019 – Fed the Sunset Magic Crepes and the Bay Tree with one gallon each of Fish Emulsion + Miracle Grow.
Continue Reading5/26/2019 – We bought four units (2 packages) at Dawes Hardware for $24.95 each and hung them in the locations below. They are to be effective for 90 days: i.e. to the end of August. On 5/10/19, Mary notice Barn Swallows darting around the trees where the Eradicators are installed along the driveway. They were […]
Continue ReadingWiden azalea bed in the backyard under the bedroom and dressing room windows. Also extended it on the east end to project follow a curving edge to create the grass-pool effect. Planted two Hibiscus in the new widened end. Extended the ends of the hydrangea-daylily-pecan trees bed to match the Indigo bed immediately north and […]
Continue Reading5/5/2019 – Sprayed all daylilies the second time with Mancozeb for Rust. As we continue to remove leaves with Rust there was far less than when we first noticed it. Still plan to spray again next weekend.
Continue Reading5/2/2019 – Sprayed Azaleas for Lacebugs with Sevin Concentrate. Also sprayed the 4 citrus trees in the SW corner of the yard and the one at the garden to be sure the last spray for aphids got them. Applied almost three gallons.
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