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Garden Report:

ALL of the tomatoes are in with the exception of six more that I’m planting when my additional square cages arrive. I LOVE those square cages - they’re sturdy and can be folded down for storage in the Milk House...which no longer stores milk. ;)

The tomato varieties ‘left behind’ are the ‘fancy, gourmet’ varieties that are just for fresh eating, not for drying or making Salsa or V-8 Juice, Tomato Soup and Bloody Mary Mix. ;) I should have the additional cages by the weekend.

In the, ‘Not All Love Notes are Written’ Department, Beau brought me 5 fresh bales of straw. I’ve used 2 so far, mulching my garden beds - heavily. I’m a total Ruth Stout advocate - look her up!

Tonight Beau tilled four rows for me in the BIG garden so I can get the Sweet Corn planted, tomorrow. (Ambrosia and Kandy Korn.) I planted Gladiolus corms today - mixed colors - about 75 of them. They are Beau’s favorite flower. Watered them in and also mulched with said straw.

Taters are up in the four rows that I planted a few weeks ago. ‘Leftovers’ from what we stored all winter, Red Norland, Kennebeck and German Butterball. Looking good, but we need some rain; I have no way to get water to them, but they’re pretty resilient.

Tomorrow is also ‘Bean-0-Rama.’ Getting the pole and bush beans in the ground. Pole: ‘Seychelles’ and ‘Scarlet Runner Bean’ for the Hummingbirds on a separate structure. Bush beans: ‘Corumba’ ‘Red Swan’ ‘Gold Rush’ and ‘Dragon Tongue.’ The pole beans will produce more than enough ‘green’ beans for us; I like to mix it up with the bush beans.

This food production is a LOT of work! (But SO worth it in the end!)


85 posted on 06/02/2021 5:53:47 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust post-Apocalyptic skill set. )
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Wow you have both been working hard! I am having a great iris year and my asiatic lilies and Bowl of Beauty peonys are just starting to open. This is one of my favorite irises, for years I only got 2 stalks of flowers, this year 5!! 2021

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Bluebirds laid a 5th egg and should be a couple of weeks before they hatch. Wrens being kept at bay. 0-02-01-56586b51a3dcdbd82743e3852f9384434c989b5c8f6e9a2e99d98dc684210909-1db94740faa1c32a

87 posted on 06/03/2021 7:25:11 AM PDT by MomwithHope (Forever grateful to all our patriots, past, present and future. )
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