Speaking of harvesting...I am sick of picking strawberries:
On a brighter note...the Lilys are coming (and a setum update)
Due to limited space, the base cabinets all had to moved out of the way in the kitchen, and the furniture all moved to one side of the family room. I did it all by myself on Wednesday night (wasn't going to get any sleep anyway).
The old dryer turned out to be direct wired, so the delivery/set up guys wouldn't finish the installation. Hubby had to install an electrical outlet, and level the unit etc. I had to help keep track of tools, find tools, hand him tools, hold lights etc.
So that's why I'm late to the party. Have to be in the kitchen with Hubby for assistance and moral support. LOL
Storm a couple of nights ago laid Hubby's corn on the ground. He was able to get some of it standing upright again, so we'll see how it goes. I got a little cleanup done on the patios and hope to get back to more gardening later this weekend.
Hope you are all doing well. Prayers up for Johnny and Arrowhead. Have a great 4th. God Bless.
Pinging the list.
may the prayers bare ‘fruit’
It’s a beautiful day here in Massachusetts. We have some squash and peppers that are doing well, and my roses are coming back to life.
I hope that your corn fully recovers!
My hollyhocks have been hit with a fungus. I gather it is too late to do anything this year. So sad.
Am thinking about planting something else next year, like echinacea or foxglove.
A good many showers here in Atlanta, too. My butter beans have reached the top of their ten feet poles.., gotta re-enforce the re-enforcement metal stakes tomorrow.
I pulled pulled four flats of Krim (tomatoes) yesterday. Decided to weigh them at the Whole Foods cost ($4.99 per pound) for heirloom maters..., that’s $314.00 of fruit. Ha!
I’ll treat them all with Daconil tomorrow as it has been a bit cool + the recent rain.
Okra is still rocking.. It’s on the menu tonight.
Roma beans are great.. Fordhooks are “on their way”.
Add me to the list, please. I’m an old horticulturist from Virginia Tech back around 1977. Just about given up gardening here in suburban Richmond, VA because of all the deer. Not to mention dry shade, clay soil, summer drought and all that.
Speaking of harvesting...I am sick of picking strawberries:
On a brighter note...the Lilys are coming (and a setum update)
Otherwise not much yard work as Mrs. Texan fell a week ago Thursday and managed to break both leg bones. So a surgery and 3 days in the hospital then a reprise surgery yesterday and another overnight stay. No weight on it for at least 2 weeks so I'm having so much fun I can barely stand it....
But I did manage to get my "forever" onions divided and replanted. I have never found their true name but they look a lot like scallions but form multiple bulbs. One bulb will just continue dividing until you have more than you can shake a shovel at. Not quite as tasty as scallions, which I find are easy to grow from seed, but doggone handy. And you never run out.
We had a major lightning strike around 11 Tuesday night. We lost our cable & internet which we just got back about an hour ago. The huge, tall pine took a direct hit .... pretty amazing how far the debris was thrown. Fortunately, the house/well pump are ok except for the cable service. The golf cart that is used for chores is “toast” ... pine that was struck is right next to the shed where the cart was on the charger. It blew half the rafter apart where the charger was hanging & fried it, plus the golf card is “dead” ... will have to take it to the shop and see how bad it is ... probably needs all the expensive stuff replaced!
Redid the ‘crow’ fence - easier to get into. Jalapenos are coming in - jalapeno “poppers” are on the menu for tomorrow’s picnic. First Black Krim tomato was ripe and the first tomato sandwich of the year was terrific! I didn’t check on my little zucchini for a couple of days and it’s now a whopper zucchini ... huge! Two more small ones are on the vine and the cucumber plant that barely survived is climbing the fence support and blooming up a storm. We have plenty of bees (bumble mostly) on the clover so pollination should not be a problem. We’re almost having too much rain - more expected this evening.
Happy Independence Day to all!
Foraging find: 12 lb. of chicken of the woods mushroom.
I only took that much because I had hopes of trading it to the fanciest restaurant in the area for a dinner for two.
Unfortunately, the chef/owner didn’t have time to include it in his menu on Friday afternoon. Apparently I should find large quantities of mushrooms on Tuesday, but he is definitely interested for the future. Someone tell the mycelium.
Now I am halfway through cooking and freezing 12 lb of mushroom. That is one heaped pizza box, one shoebox, and four lunch bags.
Hi everybody!
((((HUGS))))
Our corn is Belly Button high for the Fourth of July ~~~
I'm worried about my Yukon Gold potatoes being all tops !!!
I will hire a CPA to keep track of my strawberry harvest next year! I DON'T REMEMBER IF THIS IS 16 OR 18 GALLONS THIS YEAR~~~ 
Must take quite a storm to lay corn down!
My seeding cilantro fell over with our rain, but I shook the water off and they seem ok - for now. More rain expected though.
Got my first full-sized tomatoes this week, first time I ever got them before July 4th, and they weren’t even Early Girls. Peppers keep coming in, beets ready this week, would have wax beans now but a deer chowed them, zukes are doing great. Just wish this rain would slow down it’s just too dang muddy - we have had probably 5-6 inches over the last week.
Cherry tomatoes starting to pop on dwarf/container plants (Red Robin, 100’s and 1000’s, Whippersnapper) here in soviet Red Hampshire...my indeterminates (Elgin Pink, Daniel Burson, Joe’s Pink Oxheart, many more) were put in their Earth Boxes about a month ago, and they have main stems as thick as magic markers, loads of blossoms. Even ‘movie maters’ (Darth Mater, Dino Eggs) kicking it. Glass Gem Corn and pole beans (Flagg, Annie Jackson, Bosnian) are running wild...even ‘volunteer’ tomatoes are blossoming and are looking as sturdy as the rest. Planting by the signs and feeding them bat guano must have unlocked the key to success...never seen anything like it.
