Much to my surprise, I got most of my work-tickets finished yesterday.
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| Bamboo poles to support tomato vines as they out-grow the feedlot panel. Before weeding. |
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| After weeding, from the other side. |
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| Tomato, not Rose de Bern |
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| Plant from same seed package, might be Rose de Bern. Most of the tomatoes on this plant are as round as ball-bearings. |
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| A long truss of green tomatoes on Might be Federle. Note that they are not elongated. |
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| Random photo of green Federle tomatoes pulled off the web. No long cluster. Very elongated and pointy. |
Assessing 2,4-D effectiveness
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| Beneath the trees in the Upper Orchard |
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| You can see where I missed a patch on the left side of the photo. It provides a nice before/after comparison. |
Not every type of weed is as visibly hammered as these were. Perennials like goldenrod that are mature enough that their stems hardened-up are yellowing and only the succulent tops are twisting. The older burdock seems unaffected so far.
While I was visiting I sprayed the Keepsake apple tree with calcium and lugged water to the eleven newest trees.
The P2.5 air-quality is predicted to be bad today but (likely) better on Saturday.
Nashville scouting report
The fishing site behind the Assembly of God church is not viable. I parked in the church parking lot to check it out. I walked to the edge of the pavement and stopped. It was clearly part of a yard that belonged to the house next door.
I had turned around and was walking back to my truck when I heard the door of that house open and a man called "Can I help you?". Midwest friendly.
I mentioned that I was looking for a place to go fishing but I wasn't going to sneak across his yard.
It turned out that he is the Pastor of that church. We had a wide-ranging conversation. He was a very easy guy to talk to.
He showed me the one place where I could get down to the river. It was behind some apartments. The bank was steep and stabilized with slabs of broken concrete. Absolutely treacherous for anybody older than 12 years-old.
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| The public boat-launch. |
The channel didn't look as promising as behind the church but the access was wide-open.
The old dam-site was also mowed and a couple of kids were fishing there and looks very promising. No pictures taken as I wasn't carrying my phone.
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| Quaker Brook south of the Dollar General store |
Quaker Brook also had access but was very mosquito-y. The water was 12"-to-18" deep. It looks like a prime place to catch suckers in the spring before the mosquitoes go crazy.
Potatoes
The last two things I did yesterday were to set a trap for a raccoon and to dig some potatoes before turning on the sprinkler in the garden.
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| A little more than two-pounds of potatoes from one hill. These were microwaved and will be used as needed. |
it seems to me there was a designated trout stream in that general area, as the stream crossed M-79 between Charlotte and M-66. It showed up on the DNR listed trout streams, but I never could find any way to access it.
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Milton
I have Cherokee Purple heirloom tomatoes that are already over 6 ft high & full of green tomatoes. First time growing those. I too have been doing my share of pest control, been eliminating woodchucks & racoons. But since I'm surrounded by woods it is a constant battle, but I kind of enjoy it until they out smart me & get into my garden.
ReplyDeleteFor paste-type tomatoes, I grow Opalka and Heidi. Opalka looks very much like those elongate Federle tomatoes. Big Beef+ is my go-to for a slicing tomato, but the little Garden Gem tomato, from UofFL's breeding program is really nice - a very prolific determinate type with great flavor, and the fruits 'hold' on the plant for a long time, and store well.
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