This year one city is sponsoring it and Mom said there are eight gardens in all on the tour.
It makes for a fun day. I used to be a Greeter for Garden Show Homes sponsored by Jung’s. So many creative and hard-working people out there. You had to have done the work YOURSELF - no cheating with landscapers, etc. ;)
Now that the rain has moved out, it appears that the Canadian Wildfires are going to choke me out this weekend:
“Additional Details: Canadian wildfire smoke will impact all of Wisconsin throughout the weekend. Initial impacts are expected for northwestern counties starting as early as midnight Friday night, reaching central Wisconsin by early Saturday afternoon, and southeastern Wisconsin by late Saturday. The heaviest smoke is anticipated for locations farther north, with periods of Very Unhealthy NowCast AQI possible. USG to Unhealthy AQI will be more likely for central and southeastern Wisconsin.”
I put some floating row covers over the tops of my tomato cages and clothes pinned them on, more for shade than insect protection. It’s not complete coverage as they hang part way down the sides.
I wasn’t sure how it would work but the tomato plants under them are doing far better than I expected and I’m hoping that it will help prevent blight this year as the rain is not causing splashing up on the lower leaves.
My experiment with the snow peas did not work as I had hoped. I didn’t get another flush of peas, but found quite a few very mature peas that I am letting go so I can save the seed for next year. I will probably pull some of the plants up for the garden space to plant another crop for a fall harvest, but want to see if I can save the seeds myself.
I had bought some asparagus plants from a seed catalog and they were supposed to be all male plants and when I checked the plants, lo and behold, FOUR of them had berries on them.
GRRRRR.....
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