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Good Morning, Gardeners! :)
Lotsa rain and very little sun here in upstate. Slow going on growth in the garden. Last year was so much better. Mother nature always wins.
Hi Everybody!
(((HUGS)))
My tiny herb garden is doing great this year!
Good morning :-) Planted some flowers yesterday along the garage wall, which is what I see when I walk out the kitchen door. I keep bees, so most of my outside activity is occupied with bee stuff.
Big doings this past week - bought a commercial grade zero turn mower. The residential grade one we’ve got has been great, but it’s just not made for mowing 10 acres of fields & it’s beginning to have “issues”. The new mower is a “Beast” compared to the old one. I am thrilled because it has a gas gauge & holds 11.5 gallons of gas - I’ll be able to mow the whole place without stopping to refill the tank. It also has a 60” deck - both of my other ‘old’ mowers have a 48” deck. There are some places I won’t be able to go with the bigger deck (between some bushes, etc.), but I can live with that - will just get out the old tractor style mower for trim work. The residential zero turn will be going to a new home - a family member with a large yard & a mechanical hubby who can keep that mower running.
We’re all getting inundated with squash - yellow is fine because we can keep up with it (fry with onions). The zucchini is another story, but with recipes for squash bread/bars, frying some up, freezing some, and giving some away, I think we’ll survive. The cukes should be here any day now - I seriously think I have several hundred blooms on the vines. The guys at the fire station up the road may be getting a few cukes in the near future & I’ll try my hand at canning some pickles. I already can jelly & jalapeno relish, so pickles shouldn’t be too bad. At this time, there is no room in fridge for ‘freezer’ pickles, which I’ve done in the past - good stuff!
Great weather right now - dry (after 5” of rain in the last week and a half), low humidity & temps, but the heat, etc. is going to start creeping back in today. Happy gardening to all!
Here's one of my puppies, Sunshine, behaving herself for a few moments in time. She's about 2 months old and is a Treeing Walker Coon Hound and will grow up to hunt Raccoon and maybe Black Bear; she's feisty enough! I am raising her for a friend, so I'm TRYING not to fall in love.
Getting plenty of rain; the weeds love it!
Miraculously, potatoes continue to pop-up, after over 6 weeks in the ground, followed by several inches of snow TWICE; and a hard freeze. I found nearly 25 at last count.
Also, some beets and carrots planted at the same time as the spuds are now sprouting; naturally, I had replanted a bit over a week ago in another area.
Two or three volunteer squash are coming up where 3 varieties of 2 types were planted last year, so no idea whether they’re winter or summer, let alone variety. Probably mongrels of some sort.
Peas have taken advantage of rain and cool temps to take off.
Central Missouri received more rainfall over the past week, but the Missouri River is finally starting to drop in spite of the rain.
My tomato plants are taking off nicely after their late start. Mrs. Augie’s cucumber plants are doing well. I planted another row of cucumber from seed. Still haven’t managed to get the collards and kale seeded. Rain coming every two or three days has made it very difficult for me to get things done in the garden.
Peaches, apples, and pears are sizing up.
The new terraced planter bed by the front steps has been filled up with dirt and compost. Just needs plants added.
Containers much better....although too much rain this year..
I've harvested many Jalapeno peppers...a yellow crookneck squash...and a lot of lettuce. Some radishes..and maybe three pop in the mouth tomatoes.
I've maybe 2-3 big tomatoes...turning red.
Plenty of other pepper plants doing well....too.
Had a plumb tree just go wild..with plumbs this year.
I'm going to air layer a limb of that tree...Hopefully I'm not too late.
Appreciate this thread....Thanks!!