Posted on 06/12/2015 1:14:58 PM PDT by greeneyes
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Mostly good news from you, which is great. Cukes sometimes get wilty looking in the heat, when they need water, and sometimes when they have bugs or disease.
If they are perking up after watering, and in the AM, it may just be the heat. Look to see if there’s any lil bugs or residue on the leaves. Don’t forget to check the underside.
There is a cuke beetle that carries a disease from plant to plant. Can’t remember the details about it though. TIK could speak about this better than I could.
TIK, would you please refresh my memory on cukes? Thanks.
I read somewhere that bars of smelly soap like zest work to keep dear away. Have you ever tried that?
We’ve just redone most of the flower garden, adding walls and filling them with manure. There will be tomatoes and peppers in some of the new beds this year and then back to the vegetable garden next year.
Everything is in - some rain would be nice, though.
Pulling strawberries, radishes, lettuce and spinach.
Raspberries, bush beans, snap peas and asparagus are doing fine.
Tomatoes, eggplant, cucumbers, squash, and peppers are slow.
Garlic is behind schedule.
Surprise potatoes are doing great, (found some left over from last years' crop sprouted in a basket in a corner of the basement storage - put them in the ground and they just took off).
Thank you, Jesus - giver of awesome gifts...
We had one dew berry, that hubby gave me. It was great. They mature before the blackberries and raspberries. Hope we get a good crop this year.
Haven’t had a good one since 2012 heat wave savaged all the berry plants.
I read that tart cherry juice will help a person sleep at night, but I have never seen any in the stores. When I did a search, there was a few articles regarding the government restrictions/political nature of this shortage.
I didn’t realize that the size was any different from the sweet cherries. Very interesting to know. Don’t think I’ll mess with them either then.
Tried it a long time ago and I wasn’t impressed. This time, in addition to working on a more permanent protection of some sort, I am trying Milorganite, just need to make the trip to get it ($12.99 for 36 lbs). I’m going to spread it directly adjacent to and around the garden, not in it ... I have a bunch of fertilizer already in the garden and don’t want to add to it. We’ll probably put it directly around the hostas in the flower beds & the baby sunflowers along the fence. All of those scenarios should be a good test of whether it works. Here’s a link with the following excerpted from it: http://www.milorganite.com/FAQ
Is it true that Milorganite will keep deer away?
Research conducted at the University of Georgia suggests that Milorganite is a useful tool in repelling deer from grazing on food plots and ornamental plantings. Research indicates Milorganite’s odor is effective in keeping deer from browsing plantings up to 5 weeks. Spread Milorganite around your plantings to deter deer. The study used an application rate of one half cup per plant and concluded that reduction of plant damage may improve if Milorganite is reapplied at day 14.
We have a feral cat that takes care of rabbits and squirrels, but there’s too many.
When Daisy Dog was staying with our Daughter, she used to catch rabbits and eat them. Got some sort of parasite for her efforts. She’s a combo rat terrier and jack Russell, so we won’t let her loose on them, but she keeps them out of the fenced area we have for her to explore the out doors.
LOL. That is pretty bad, when pulling weeds sound good.
When I was working for pay full time at the bank, we used to go camping in Branson. I used to cook up a storm, since all my culinary skills were on hold during the year - no time to do much.
I was always so tired, that I needed to go back to work to recuperate. LOL
So sorry to hear about your illness. I still have some June planting to do. Here in Missouri there are some things that just don’t do well in Damp and Cool weather.
May is our wettest month, so I just wait till June. Should have gotten them in already, but the rainy season seems to have extended a bit, and the ground in those beds has got to be worked a bit before I plant them.
Sounds like a great plan.
No rain here in CexTx but some in the forecast, hope so, I'm back to watering big time.
Tomatoes are coming in and the Romas are dry and pithy. I talked to a friend in E. Tx. that has the same with all of his so I feel fortunate it's just the Romas for me. We've decided it was the weather this year.
Ate my first ear of corn yesterday. Small, only about 7 inches, but fully formed kernels and yes, I shucked it and ate it in the garden...raw. No way does corn picked 2 minutes ago need cooking IMO.
Otherwise just hunkering down in the heat. Only in the low 90s but the "real feel" is up near 100. Comon' moderate rain!
Thanks for prayers! Sounds like your garden is doing well. My spinach had an extended season. I left 1 winter giant spinach and winter density lettuce plant to go to seed.
The Spinach looks to be about 3ft. tall, but no blooms yet.
Thanks for the info and link. I’ve noted it in my gardening tip notebook - have to keep track with hard copy now, since the memory is not as good as it was, and my hard drive notes crash and burn and I tend to forget to make back up copies too often.
Thanks. Corn about 7” sounds great to me. LOL Hubby’s corn is doing well, but it won’t be ready till August.
Fortunately I have some still left in the freezer. I won’t be eating it anyway for a while. Eating Low Carb right now - it sucks.
But as I have gradually decreased the carb intake, I have finally arrived at the point where I feel better, and don’t feel ravenous during the day, so I don’t plan to add back starchy veggies anytime soon. Quit using added sugar and sodas in 2008. Don’t miss it at all.
WE use dryer sheets ,about a 100 to 150 yds apart in our soybean fields , they seem to work for a week or so then have to put out more.
Prayers up for Johnny and Arrowhead every evening at 8:00 P.M. Hope your puter issues are resolved soon!
Lovely!
WE use Bounce dryer sheets ,about a 100 to 150 yds apart in our soybean fields , they seem to work for a week or so then have to put out more
Meant to add I also use a sheet in my hat for the buffalo gnats
Johnny is always in my Prayers
TT
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