Hot, rain, more hot, more rain, then not hot over the past week here in Central Missouri.
I’ve been picking from the garden pretty much every day. We packed another six quarts of lacto-ferment dill pickles yesterday evening. Zukes are hanging in there, spaghetti squash are thriving, pole beans are acting like they might do something, pepper plants are loaded, tomatoes are on the verge of making enough to start canning.
The plums, peaches, and wild blackberries are finished for the season. I got a really good crop of plums this time. Peach crop wasn’t great but it wasn’t terrible either. My apple trees are absolutely loaded. It won’t be long before we need to start processing those.
Nice reports to start the month off. I’ve picked two tomatoes so far at first blush. Thanks Qiviut! Chinese long beans coming in heavy should be able to start picking in a few days. Getting cukes, zukes, shishitos, cherry tomatoes. Lettuces done until it gets cooler and I can replant. I had some compost left over so I added some to each of my big tbs, Now they are loaded with 4 inch tomato plants. Also have a volunteer vine maybe a cuke coming up in one of the tubs. We finally got a really good rain and a break in the heat.