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I went by yesterday and had a bumper crop of peppers. Largest in size and volume of the year. Tomatoes are thinned out and slowing down. I already pulled the squash and eggplant and will pull the old peppers, strawberries and one of the tomatoes tomorrow.
We planted our lettuce and green seeds yesterday and expect to transplant in a week or so.
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Well, I will probably be tilling my garden for some fall veggies today. It’s just so dry here and I pulled up all the summer garden last week.
We do have a chance for rain later today and through Monday, so that should help.
Too busy to post much. Still need to dig over 200’ of potatoes.
Apples are ripening. Until we bought the place, the trees hadn’t been pruned or fertilized for over 25 years. Working at them a bit each year, they are slowly starting to bear larger and less sour fruit.
The tomatoes are finally ripening...never seen so many on vines.
Squash still producing, and the volunteers are now bearing as well; keeps the Ministerial Assoc food pantry happy.
Beans are nearly done, and most tilled under, including the shell beans. The few Limas that survived the cool summer are going to give us about a decent meal’s worth.
Fall peas are sprouted, even as the die-hard early peas are starting to croak.
Speaking of croaking, we’ve seen several toads in the garden this year. Anything that eats what bugs me is welcome.
Sweet corn is in the freezer, and the stalks tilled in; late corn is in full tassel, with ears silking.
First melons have slipped from the vines, and the pie pupmkins have born beyond all reason, and are really coloring up.
Final planting of beets are about ready to pull.
First eggplants are finally about ready to pick
Peppers are coming along nicely; the paprikas are truning red, though the pimentoes are still green.
The cauliflower was a total washout.
The grasshopper plague ag-disaster declaration has now been extended to three more counties.
At least the wild turkeys are feasting; they just look at me as I work in the garden, say, “oh, just him,” then go back to work exterminating a few rows away. They don’t bother any of the crops, so they are more than welcome.
Hey guys and girls!
Sorry to be awol for so long! We had a couple weeks of miserable heat and all I did was water. Then we got an unexpected, early cool snap—cool for us—and we have been selling fall veggie plants like they were going out of style.
I’ve already sold out of some things, low on others, and sold today what we hadn’t planned to sell til next week. Small, but we’re out of bigger stuff. I’ve been sowing and transplanting like crazy, but that stuff won’t be ready for a month or so. I keep records so I can tell you that we planted significantly more this year and can’t keep up.
Our big week in the fall is usually middle of Sept. All I can hope is that everyone started early this year. If not, I’m in deep doo-doo. :) If I get time, I intend to plant my fall stuff next week—if I have any plants left! LOL
On another note, y’all might find this interesting. A friend called and asked if I’d do something for him. Brain is always screaming NO but mouth always says YES before I even know what “something” is. Anyway, what he wanted me to do was sow some seed for him. Not a problem. Turns out, the seeds are tobacco seeds someone found in KTY/IND, not sure on that part of the story. In a pottery jar, in a cave. They’ve been dated—guess they dated the pottery?—and the seeds are 2000 years old. How cool is that? Even cooler, I sowed a few Sat and they were up Mon. Can’t wait to see what happens. It’s not big leaf tobacco like what we do here, probably more like burley. I’ll keep y’all posted.
Have a great and safe weekend!