Semi Determinate Burpee's Long Keeper Planted mid June for late harvest. (I already picked 6 or 7 red tomatoes today.)
September 2nd planting of sugar snap [eas, turnips, rutabagas, beets, and radish. (will see how many make it to November! )
I used a board over the row to maintain moisture and speed germination! It works, but remember to remove once they sprout and water regularly after that.
I - 258 Fig ripening in the Kansas heat.
I like your tagline. Few degrees cooler here but the same otherwise. I just worked on my water trailer and did it in the shade. Not half bad with the breeze. Gonna put a lighter colored shirt and hat on and head down the road on the tractor to fill the tank.
Did not get one of the IBC tanks set up on the trailer but I did clean the old tank for now and while I had it off, I set an IBC tank on the trailer, strapped it down and parked on the steepest spot of the hill I have to drive up with the tank full. Judging by the angle of the dangle, I think it will work.
Need some camlock to male NPT fittings for the IBC tanks outlets. Then some other fittings to add to that for hose spigot(s). Then I noticed the other IBC tanks, minus frames, that I got for free a while back have a cool lid on top that will accept a 2 inch male pipe thread fitting. Stole those for the new tanks and I’m going to get 90 degree elbows plus 1 1/4” barbed fittings that will screw into the lid for filling.
Need two plumbing setups for now but will need more later.
And no, you cannot fill a frame-less IBC tank. Kind of figured it would distort and it did.
Beautiful! The tip about using a board when germinating carrots really works - I’ve done it myself. Good timing on the tomatoes - long production time frame, even with the heat! :)
Mom & her BFF came over today and raided the garden. They went home with an equivalent of three 5 gallon buckets of tomatoes* (we put them in flat cardboard boxes for easier transport), flower bouquets (they’re dropping one off for my sister on their way back home) and Kale, peppers, Haralson apples and sweet corn. Beau had a good crop of sweet corn this season. He planted it, I watered it twice but otherwise ignored it, LOL!
Popcorn still has many weeks to go until it’s dry enough to pick.
We grilled brats and chicken and had homemade SALSA and chips, potato and pasta salad, baked beans and strawberry shortcake. Played many rounds of cards and watched our renters bale hay all day. It’s like watching a Ballet! They are so efficient and good at it! It hit 93 today, but it wasn’t very humid and there was a nice breeze all day. It was a perfect Labor Day. :)
*Tomatoes - There are still PLENTY for what I still need to do. I am dealing with all the Roma-types tomorrow. Oven-roasting with onions, garlic & herbs, then milling them down to use as the base for canning my homemade Tomato Soup. :) Also planning on one more double-batch of Bloody Mary Mix, Tomato Jam and then whatever is left gets canned for using in soups and stews and chili all winter. After a little break this week, I am ready to HIT IT again. :)