If your ‘Farm Bureau’ is actually run by FARMERS, you can’t go wrong. Those varieties sound lovely!
I will put in another plug for the basic, ‘Bonnie Brand’ Jalapeno. I have had very good luck and lots of productivity from a single plant, and since I’m going to baby them and let them go to red for ‘Red Pepper Jelly’ later in the summer, I’m doing TWO plants this season in pots. (Zone 5)
I KNOW I’m going to regret this on some level, but I am growing THREE cherry-type tomatoes this season. Mom loves them, and it’s a colorful mixture, and Beau will take a ton back up to Bear Camp when he comes back mid-season for one reason or another. ;)
I did some weeding WITH A VENGEANCE while the garden was still shaded this morning. Got most of the lawn mowed today; I still have the garden area to do tomorrow morning. They are predicting 83 degrees for tomorrow - and I’m getting the other puppy, ‘Grover.’ I’m thinking ‘Midnight’ might be a jerk, so I am prepared to put her in a kennel and let her out during the day, and let Grover rule the porch. But, you never know - she might fall in love with her little sibling; I’ve seen it happen before! Shasta and Fremont, Arikara and Sioux. Paws Crossed! ;)
The greenhouse hit 100 degrees today, so everyone got watered twice. Need to refill gallon jugs and Beau needs to find my hoses and get those hooked up for me when he comes back tomorrow afternoon. A few days of HOT, then back into the 60’s, which the cabbages, kale and broccoli will appreciate! I need to find the box fan for the chicken coop, too. Gotta keep those girls comfy in the heat!
This has been one weird spring - and even though we’re 7” AHEAD on rain for the month, and the well is full and the water table is better than it’s been in a few years, we REALLY need more rain! I was crunchy, crusty dirt from head to toe when I hit the showers after mowing today. ;)
Grover was my grandfather’s name :-)
*** This has been one weird spring - and even though we’re 7” AHEAD on rain for the month, and the well is full and the water table is better than it’s been in a few years, we REALLY need more rain!***
It rained in the morning yesterday and made things quite wet. I didn’t get much done outside yesterday, but did notice the bluebirds were at the mealworm feeder VERY frequently.
I put 2 and 2 together and determined that they were feeding babies. So I went to look to see if I could find a nest, because I know they weren’t in any of my nesting boxes/houses this year. I followed mama and papa to discover that at least one had fledged from wherever. The fledging was about 25-30 feet high in a tree. I suspect there were others that I couldn’t see, because mama and papa took several minutes between feedings. I snapped a few photos but they’re not very clear. It was still drizzly when this was going on.
Later in the afternoon, I went with friends to the native plant sale put on by one of the master gardeners in our area. I found some unusual perennials that I’m going to give a shot. I was hoping to get started planting them today, but it’s raining right now, and will be until the afternoon. We may even get hail. Yuck. I don’t need that at this stage. I’ll get done as much as I can, and hopefully tomorrow I can get more things in the ground. It’s looking like it’ll be another inside chores day for at least a few hours.