Just a quick update so you guys no I’m not dead....have not posted I’m quite some time.
Moved into our newly built home 4 nights ago.
Dog and wife are in heaven and ai am still in “unpacking limbo.”
Garden is still churning out loads of peppers and apparently my soil is perfect for watermelons because I swear to the lord, baby, teenaged, and even adult Jesus, both varieties of watermelons iny garden are sweeter than cotton candy.
My cantaloupe plants are producing fruit but none are ripe yet.
Tomatoes very slow right now.....it’s Ben over a 100 degrees for about 2 months straight so the pollen is getting whacked pretty hard and sterilized by the temps.
Sin e I have about 150-200 plants I am still getting adequate production however for our small household.
The best flavor Tom’s so far have been the Abe Lincolns and Brandywine..
Along with my unknown heirloom I got out if a tomato at the farmers market in Chelan WA back in 2018....still getting seeds from that strain.
Eggplants are coming along well.
Scattered cowpeas in one bed for clay soil conditioning....ants grew well but no peas (will have to research h why they never flowered) so I weed whacked them in place to get some organic material into that bed.
“Since I have about 150-200 plants I am still getting adequate production however for our small household.”
Good Lord! I grew 36 plants LAST season and nearly killed myself, LOL!
So, SO GOOD to hear from you! You were missed, FRiend. So glad you’re settled in, now.
Happy Wife (and dog!), Happy Life! :)
Have fun experimenting to find out what grows well in your garden! Watermelon and peppers sound like winners!
If you like okra its a good heat tolerant plant, Sweet potates too, but do not plant them together. (Okra can provide shade for melons and cucumbers.)
I am growing Homestead 24 tomatoes which seem to be doing pretty well in the heat. most of the others have slowed down.
One plant that breaks up compacted soil is Purslane or Portulaca (If grown for the flowers!) It tolerates heat and has a lot of good nutrients and can be used in salads. It once was used as food, then fell out of favor, but is starting to be eaten again. It is apparently about $10 a pound when you buy it! (Do not mistake it for the weed spurge, which is not edible!)
Hey Ern, nice to hear from you. Congrats on the move.