Posted on 09/01/2006 12:52:32 AM PDT by Argh
So...you have patton tomatoes?
No, I have Ernesto tomoatoes..........
LOL
oh Gabz, i am so sorry to hear about the garden. Isn't this the third year of too much rain for you there? you have worked so hard!
OH no, do you have water in your house?
There is no water in the house...........it didn't rise that far. But it sure came a lot closer than it has done before.
The big garden loss I can tolerate, sort of, but the loss of the herb garden is killing me. But as one of the guys said at the Lodge this afternoon, if you want to be a farmer, you deal with it. And it was a farmer saying it - and he wasn't saying it to be mean, just pragmatic.
I'll spend this week clearing it out, and then will put in another planting of cold weather stuff, like beans and peas and lettuce and spinach. I have peppers in the freezer, I'll just have to buy more throughout the winter.
Poor coolbreeze - he's working tomorrow, Monday and Tuesday and then doesn't go back to work until the following Monday..............he's not getting a vacation.
there is no way around it, you are subject to the weather, and have no control. that is a sad fact. i am thinkg that you must be in a lowlying area or that there is poor drainage? because we got a ton of rain but bc we are on a hill we never have pooling water anywhere. Same with where i grew up. My dad had a huge garden every year and i don't recall rain ever being a problem. the DEER were his problem!
Calling this a lowlying area is a total understatement........and I live in one of the highest points of the county.
should you consider a....rice paddy instead.... ? ; )
LOL!!!! If you recall, I was saying that back in June. LOL!!!
seriously, you have been washed out all three years, to some extent, haven't you? do you keep plowing [literally] ahead with those odds? i know you enjoy it, and it is fun and productive for jax too, but it is backbreaking work, is that a sufficient payoff for it?
I didn't so much get washed out last year - I was just physically incapable of doing the work needed.
But I understand what you are saying. In all actuality it was the wind that did the most damage, because it drove the rain.........I would have survived the rain, it was the wind that did me in.
It's been a matter of trial and error and I have learned a lot from the various errors. Mechanical problems also had a bearing on some of my problems this year....so we are going to rethink our planning for next year, including moving the major protion even further away from the creek.
I'm just thankful I know so many farmers who are willing to give advice and encourgement.........let alone seeds and plants and produce :)
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