Posted on 05/29/2015 1:57:25 PM PDT by greeneyes
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Rainy week and rain all morning and started up again. Plants are growing super fast. Checked on my potatoes, and a bunch of tomatoes have sprouted up, and a melon vine, right along with the potatoes. The weeds didn't even have a chance to get started-LOL.
I am letting one of the giant spinach plants go to seed. It's now 3 feet tall and not a seed in sight yet, nor a flower bud. Hubby got the corn in and the green beans/dry and they are up and doing fine.
We got a few dinky strawberries. Hubby really just let them go at the end of June last year, and didn't even cover them with straw for the winter, so I am surprised that we got anything.
I just went out between showers and picked some spinach to fix for a stir fry or salad for dinner - not sure which yet.
Hope all is going well for you. Have a great weekend. God Bless.
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I’m thinking of growing rice here in Texas.
LOL. From the news reports, you certainly have the water for it right now.
We had a thread with a link a year or so ago about how to grow rice in Milk Jugs or other similar container. I was actually going to try in indoors that winter, but never got around to it.
I believe they are growing rice out by Eagle Lake. My backyard in San Antonio is a swamp. Good thing the sun came out today.
Cucumbers are booming! One plant has taken over my entire 4x4 and it is the only thing producing for me. Tomatoes are same as 3 weeks ago (assuming the rain wasn’t good for them) Beautiful pepper plants with no pepper on them. 2 zucchini and that’s about it.
Giving the 4x4 without the cukes till mid june then turning it over and starting again. Got to call Millbergers and see if they can do a soil sample for me.
Have a great weekend.
We actually have some squash and peppers sprouting. I can’t believe it. :)
Here in Kansas we are trying to get a few more crops and flowers in but it rains on a daily basis. The things we have already planted are going great guns but I suspect even they would appreciate the sun.
NOTHING
Done so far this week. Maybe next week.
Maybe not.
/johnny
I feel the same way here in Missouri. May is normally our wettest month, though so I expect it to dry up a little bit pretty soon.
Sounds like a plan! I’ve got some tomato blooms and a few green babies, but I really need some of the taller ones into 5 gallon buckets.
I probably should pull some of those volunteer tomatoes in the potato bed, but I hate to do it. Maybe I’ll just let it go and see who wins out.
Believe it. The season is upon us at long last. LOL
Glad to hear from you. Take it easy. I’m thinking about going to Walmart later to see if they have any rosemary, tarragon, or stevia to replace the ones I lost this winter.
All our lack of sunshine and rain in Texas means I’ll be replanting the garden - again. Nothing has sprouted but weeds. But that’s an annual thing.
Hey, how ya doin’?
Here in the also wet DFW area—what a monsoon dump of rain last night. My cukes are going bat shiite leaves and blooms however lack of bees so far so no fruits yet.
Let’s see what happens next month. Maybe I have to Q tip manually pollinate them.
Here too but over a foot this month is a bit much. I know you Texans and Okies are going to say "I wish" but I remember not that long ago hearing about the Dallas lakes drying up. Last year around here was perfect but perfect only comes along a couple of times in a lifetime.I pray for all the gardeners and farmers the perfect amount of sun and moisture to grow crops and animals.
Due to frost, up this way planting can be as late as May 31st. We plan doing it this weekend.
Two years, ago our rain barrels were all dried up at the end of May. That is unusual for Missouri. That’s when we decided to buy a pool at the end of the season sales.
The pool and the rain barrels are overflowing, but we’ll likely need it for the dry months - usually July and August.
I am sorry for all the flooding and problems in Texas, but I am glad that there is some relief for the long long drought they have had. I echo your prayer.
I am glad that so much of my stuff is still in pots, it’s a mix that drains pretty well, so stuff isn’t waterlogged.
Hope ya feeling better man.
PS-—can your tobacco adapt to this wet swamp soil muck we got going on now?
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