[Sarajevo]

But one day last week I found one decent sized peach that seemed close to being ripe-so I picked that peach. There were about a dozen smaller ones left still. Next day there was not a single peach on that tree or on the ground beneath.

I had the same thing happen. I think it was a squirrel.

[Sarajevo]

Well, a small weather front just passed through the area and the triple digit temps just took a nose dive. We're getting a brief respite from the heat. Unfortunately, we'll need a major tropical storm to refill the local lake bed and aquifer.

My garden has been pretty much lying fallow for the past couple weeks. Malabar spinach, green peppers, and Okra are still plugging along but the I cleaned out the rest after the plants dried up. I decided that it was better to build up the beds than to put in more veggies at the moment. We do have new tomato, jalapeno, and serrano's that are germinating.

We're really happy with the Malabar spinach. It grows and grows, and unlike the lettuce and cabbage, the chickens don't bother it. This is 3 plants growing over a piece of fencing.

While it's not gardening, we also raise poultry. We now have 40 chickens and 27 ducks (mallards, khaki campbell, muscovey, and runner). The young birds should start laying around October time-frame. There is nothing better than farm fresh eggs from open range birds.