[Sarajevo]

The corn patch:

Hoophouse gone wild:

Cukes and beans:

We've already harvested summer squash, peppers, and zucchini. Acorn squash, ebony squash, and cukes will be ready to start harvesting soon. The melons and corn will probably be ready in mid-summer. The peanuts are so-so. About half the plants look chlorotic, even though I've amended the soil with ferric sulfate and super phosphate.

We've already suffered an attack by the deer.They jumped the fence in a small enclosure by the back door to the house and ate the Morning Glory......missed the grape plant though ☺. I think we have a rabbit in the neighborhood too.

The ducks have been nesting like crazy. One duck has already raised two clutches of 6 ducklings each, and the second female duck is currently sitting on another clutch. It looks like we'll have duck in the freezer this fall.

[Red_Devil 232]

What are the dimensions on your raised beds?

[txhurl]

How do you avoid powdery mildew? If I plant cukes or melons or squash, one fairly rapidly develops it and infects the others, but my cukes seem to come down with it first.

Cukes are my favorite crop to watch grow, but I’ve never harvested one, no matter how many vines I plant.

Arrowhead can grow them fine, and we have nearly identical climate and soil conditions. I have a little more wind than he does.