Baled mine yesterday, got 14 round bales off of 3.5 acres. Got 18 last year but quality this year is much better. Red Clover was thick and really close to 36" tall. Last year after second cutting we got drought condition here. Clover grew but not enough to make a 3rd cutting. Looks like the clover reseeded itself which made some very nice hay this year. Kids are going to eat well this winter..!!
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Finally got my tomatoes, peppers, brussels sprouts and cabbage set out Monday evening and yesterday afternoon. Rows are 6' apart so I can get my water wagon between rows in case Mother Nature shuts of the water tap. I may have overdone it a bit trying several new hybrids of tomatoes and some extra cabbage. Ended up with 14 dozen tomatoes and around 23 dozen cabbage plants. Still playing with the idea of selling bulk cabbage later this summer.
Weather service has been predicting 70%-80% chances of rain/thunder showers all week so spread urea on the hay field on Monday morning. So far only light sprinkles and not enough to set it in. At $700 a ton, sure would be nice to see a good 1/2" -3/4" of rain. Week before last when predicting 60%+ chances of rain we got 5.5"+ or rain. Never fails...
Weather service has been predicting 70%-80% chances of rain/thunder showers all week so spread urea on the hay field on Monday morning. So far only light sprinkles and not enough to set it in. At $700 a ton, sure would be nice to see a good 1/2" -3/4" of rain. Week before last when predicting 60%+ chances of rain we got 5.5"+ or rain. Never fails...
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1.6" of rain here over the last couple days ----now 90+ heat and humidity back so the ground will scorch again. --- never did fill the cracks in the ground. The lady over on the other side of the field got over 4" in same session. Super spotty over the county too so hope the plants get growing good before the water is gone again.
Had to fix a flat to the big tanker ---somebody didnt do a good enough plug in it so i had to redo it---we see if this one holds or not.
Had to fix a flat to the big tanker ---somebody didnt do a good enough plug in it so i had to redo it---we see if this one holds or not.
Pumpkin plants were not doing well. Some leaves turning yellow, except for a few plants that were sewn in soil where I had burned a pile of last years dead vines, etc. What a difference! The plants in the burned soil are thriving and have easily grown well beyond all others - and, the leaves are all dark green. So, yesterday I mixed in some wood ash around all the other plants. Today's rain should bring the yellowing plants back to health.