It was another week of heat and humidity here in Central Missouri. We got a couple or three tenths of rain, which was nice. Have needed to do very little watering in the garden this summer.
I dug two rows of garlic and got that bundled and hung in the potting shed to cure. Three more rows remain to be harvested.
Tomato plants are starting to look like they want to do something. I’m not sure what their deal is this year. They just haven’t taken off like they normally do. Could be they’re telling me I need to add a few tons of stall waste to the garden. It’s been a few years since I last did that. It might be time to mix up a batch of fish emulsion and do some foliar feeding on them.
Mrs. Augie harvested the cabbage, but forgot to put it in the refrigerator overnight and it spoiled that fast. The chickens wouldn’t even eat it. lol
Kale and collards need to be weeded, but otherwise are thriving. Cucumber plants look great and are making baby cukes. None of the pole beans came up. Not even one. Either that or the bunny rabbits got them as soon as they sprouted. It’s not too late so I may replant. Haven’t decided. The heat is a serious demotivator for me.
The bait pond is about half full of water, and I’ve started stocking it with minnows, small bluegills, and crayfish. The water is still really muddy, but they seem to be getting along alright. I toss a couple handfuls of pellet food every other day for the fish, and the crays are getting the carcasses that have resulted from a couple successful fishing trips. If we don’t get a good rain soon I’m probably going to have to toss the trash pump into the creek to supplement the water level. That’s a lot of work so I’m going to wait a couple weeks and see if Mother Nature will help me out.
More progress. Outstanding!
Our tomato plants for last couple of years haven’t been much. And even the farmer’s market guys had trouble. I have hopes for my 2 volunteer plants —looks like they are the cherry size cluster style sort of like sweet million.
I had one of those in a bucket with a tomato cage and it grew up and over the top and drooped down. It was loaded with tomatoes and looked like a Christmas Tree.
Since our pool sprung a hole-wind blew some large tree branches down damaging the pool walls, we are dependent on getting rain this year—so we are glad for the recent rains.