[greeneyes]

Greetings from Missouri, land of lakes, and smack dab in the middle of the New Midwest Rain Forest. The sun is out and the rain is not currently falling, though I'm sure it will sooner rather than later.

The yard needs mowing every 4 days, instead of the usual every other week in July. Part of the corn we successfully got to stand back up, the rest is still lodged over.

We've got a few cukes and cherry tomatoes so far. The tomatoes are from containers and they are not doing well at all. Mushy. Too much liquid I think, and maybe nutrients being washed out the bottom?

However, the volunteer tomatoes are doing great. And there's some really big ones hiding under the leaves - still green, but I'm hoping to have some nice ones from these. Hubby has Green Beans almost ready to harvest, so the canner will be cooking soon.

We use quite a few canned green beans, but I have a few left from last year. I hope to get at least 18 months worth on the shelf. I like canning my own stuff, as I can control the amount of salt and there's no weird sounding ingredients that I can't pronounce. LOL

Our nights have been a coolish 60s, so I'm thinking of canning some more meats too. Usually I try to do that in the winter months so as to aid in heating and not overload the air conditioner in the summer.

Our new washer and dryer were delivered last Thursday, so I have been busy catching up on the wash, and "Spring" cleaning while everything is pulled out and stacked on the other side of the rooms. Hoping to be finished with that and get everything rearranged this weekend. Hubby is supposed to put wheels on the base cabinets, so that future efforts will be easier, and I can clean under them more often.

I have had a report on Arrowhead's progress-seems to be coming along, but somewhat slow. They continue to ask for prayers and cards. Prayers up for Arrowhead, and Johnny-may Gods healing power surround them and lift them up.

Hope everyone had a great holiday weekend last week.

Have a good weekend everyone. God Bless.

[left that other site]

Hot and humid in Florida today...heavy Clouds..no rain.

[greeneyes]

Pinging the list.

[dirtboy]

Finally getting a good hot dry weekend here in SE PA. Will be able to garden, jump in cement pond, and repeat all weekend.

[bgill]

Tomatoes are slowly growing but still no blooms and it’s going to hit 100 this weekend so don’t expect anything until maybe the Fall. The peppers are barely taller than what they were when transplanted 2-3 months ago and not one pepper. The beans are barely putting on this year - we’ve only had one small pot. There’s been a couple of cukes and some mustard. The melon vines are starting to sprawl and the peanuts just now have one or two blooms.

Every year the borers destroy the squash so replanted those in late June and they’re up and starting their true leaves. I’m testing out late planting - that’s what I’m telling myself. Not that Texas is anywhere close to Minnesota, but U of Minnesota says the moths come through in June and that’s when ours get destroyed, too. Anyway, if this doesn’t work can try a third round in late August. Though I’ve had the little buggers in August, too.

The past couple weeks, I finally got the garden weeded and replanted. The weeds -— they’re baaaack. The spring floods washed everything out and I wasn’t in the mood to start over. Hubby, as he always does, mowed through the onions and took a flame thrower to the fence line twice which killed the berries. It’s too late to buy new berry bushes so will have to wait until next spring. Every year something happens so I don’t have berries or a garden. Was surveying it just now and over the years it has become more and more shady but shade comes first in 100 temps and garden a far second.

[Original Lurker]

Gotta start canning tomatoes tomorrow. I have some 10+ flats on my basement floor. Hit and miss with rain this week here in Atlanta. Bumper crops - everything..

I’m particularly impressed with my Shishito (four) pepper plants. First year planting.. Harvesting fruit every three days.

Checked my squirrel (two) traps this morning and my larger one was missing..,(stolen???) I found it five rows over.. Something ripped that poor squirrel to pieces.., front foot, back feet, guts, skin off its back to the backbone.. Must have been one very hungry coon.

I actually felt sorry for the critter for about two non-seconds..

[NormsRevenge]

Tomatoes Fest City here!!!

Early girls. Beeef master. Better boys. ROma. CElebrity.

Already doling them out here..

Big Batch chilli will get a load of them soon enough.

[Augie]

This wet weather is really starting to get on my nerves. Through sheer determination, I've managed to make some gains in the garden in spite of it.

Cleaned the weeds out of two panels of cukes and dressed the vines properly on the fence. Got straw down around all the cukes and one row of tomatoes. I've had to spray the cursed japanese beetles a couple times in the last ten days.

I've got summer squash overflowing, eggplants are decent, cabbages ready to harvest, sweet corn in full tassle, grean beans started to bloom a week ago, butternut squash doing well, garlic should be about ready to harvest, potatoes starting to rot in the ground, tomatoes languishing. Could be worse I guess.

[tubebender]

Something is happening to our corn patch. It seems to be committing suicide by rushing to maturity before the stalks are ready…

Picked another gallon & a half of strawberries but the plants are looking tired ~~~

This is a off year for our Blueberries and they have only produced 2 quarts plus a blueberry pie ~~~

Tomatoes are all plant and no fruit, Potatoes are all tops and no bottoms but the Cukes and Punkuns are looking strong

[gorush]

Mary's blossom's are getting into the Lily phase...which predominate her flower garden:

[Qiviut]

I found a green hornworm in my tomatoes tonight - first one ever. The good news .... he was covered with little white cocoons from a braconid wasp ... bye bye hornworm. It looked like this:

http://www.organicgardeninfo.com/braconid-wasp.html