Good morning.
All the summer crops are in and I have tomatoes already. Squash is blooming in mine, but harvesting in the other beds for those that did not do Spring crops. Onions are almost done, tomatillos are forming and peppers are coming on strong.
Downside is the flea beetles attacking everyone’s eggplants and the rainy weather we have had is only encouraging funguses.
Headed there in a bit to prune the tomatoes into the cages.
I have -more than I know what to do with- lettuce and spinach in my garden. Does anyone out there freeze spinach and what is the process?
I plan on getting my tomatoes staked today if it does not rain.
Did you write all that just to depress the Northern gardeners who just have lettuce to harvest and nothing else yet?
I still have 2 beds to build. Corn and squash not planted yet — awaiting the new beds. Hope to have that completed this weekend.
Tomatoes 8-10 in. high. Lettuce producing well. Why did God arrange that lettuce and tomatoes do not produce at the same time in this climate? If past seasons are a guide, we won’t see a ripe tomato until August.
Automatic sprinkler worked fine last night, but it also rained. So, too wet to get into garden. I’ve got the car today, so I intend to hit a few garden shops for supplies. Sent away to Park Seed for a bean ring and purchased nice poles at a local shop after work last night. Hope to plant 3 more varieties of beans this weekend.
Last year rabbits ate my beans down to the ground, excluding one they did not touch. I assumed the beans were gone, but nope- they rebounded and then had the second assault. Been flea beetles went through the leaves like a dose of salts.
Being slow to get things done on my part,they sat there for awhile, the lower leaves just riddled. However, those leaves remained as they were the rest of the season and the beans (pole) just kept on going. I had more beans than I could can/use when it was said and done.
I read somewhere the rabbits liked the tender sweet leaves which may be why they had one salad bar and then never touched them again.