Fertilizing Time...

This past Saturday morning, our kids allowed Ryan and I to sleep in a little.  I can count on one hand the times this has happened since our little man arrived 3 years ago.  So while I was snoozing, dad came over and fertilized our entire garden and I never even knew he was in our backyard!

My dad received his degree in Agricultural Economics.  In the early 70's, prior to his banking career, he worked at Midwest Plant Food in Springfield and saw first hand the benefits of fertilization. Of course, I am sure this knowledge has come in handy more than a few times in his 40+ years of farming!

Again, the perk to having a farmer in the family is the AWESOME equipment to help make the job easier...Here are the tractor and fertilizer spreader ready to go to work!

Here are his exact "educated" words about the fertilization process...
"Commercial fertilizer was spread on the garden this morning (Sat. April 7, 2012).  It was a 3-1-3 ratio of NPK (nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium).  We put on a 20.2-6.7-20.2 fertilizer at a rate of a 1000 pounds per acre.  Our garden figured out to be .12 acres so we probably spread about 120 pounds on it. Here's how the ground looked after fertilizer was sprinkled on it."