AyyyBaw

Surrounded by rice fields in northern vermilion. Haven’t seen or heard any geese yet. We were loaded with teal a month ago for about 2 weeks, and they have been very spotty small groups since then. When the geese show up they show up big time, but I don’t think they are here in any decent numbers yet.

Call Blaise at Istre Co Earthworks. He is just south of 335 and is a good dude. Specializes in ag leveling but might be worth a call.

Either pay it off cash before you take out your construction loan well before the balloon payment is due or let the construction loan lender pay it off and roll it into your construction loan. No one will finance a home build on land under a loan with a different lender. As long as you are planning to build before the balloon is due it shouldn’t be a problem.

Put 8 more fig trees in the ground yesterday bringing my total to 18 in-ground with 16 different varieties. Top dressed with compost and mulched. Up potted an arbequina olive and purple possum passion vine using the peat, sand, perlite mix and top dressed with Osmocote/compost then mulched. It would be a perfect time to be productive in the garden if we had some dang rain in the forecast - my sprinkler was on for about 8 hours yesterday. Also seeded 5,000 sq ft native prairie last week. Have another 2,500 sq ft prairie to seed when the rain shows up.

He’s a great dude. Been on the music scene a long time and he’s a great storyteller with his music. He’ll represent the Cajun culture very well.

Came home from a farmer’s market with a baby purple possum passionvine. I have an empty 20 gallon pot that I plan to plant it in this fall and attach a trellis to the pot. Quick question - would y’all recommend the peat, sand, perlite mix for this vine with a top dressing of compost/osmocote? Should I mulch with bark, shavings, or pine needles? Appreciate any advice y’all have. We have native passionvine in the woods on our property but I’ve never tried growing tropical vines or for the purpose of fruit production.

That’s a great choice. I planted some southern crabapples along my driveway and if those get blight again like they did this year I’m replacing with some southern sugar maples.

Sweetbay magnolia for full sun - evergreen. Pawpaw trees are pretty if you can put them in a shady area until about 3 years old then plant in full sun - deciduous.

Go to a feed store and get a 2.5 gallon jug of 41% for pretty cheap

Stone fruit is higher maintenance than most in South LA due to disease pressure but it can be done. Just have to spray at the right times. Curculio is sprayed for right after bloom drop - important not to miss this window. Dormant applications of oil/drench can also help for the next season. LSU Ag home orchard guide has a schedule for stone fruits. We have a few peaches and plums and they grow very well here if you can mitigate the fungal/insect issues. Good luck and keep us updated! Blueberries, blackberries, muscadines, and figs are just so easy. I’ve been fighting blight on my pear trees this year by pruning.