Still getting adequate rain & more than enough heat for me, though not too much for the plants.
Harvested the last of the shallots. Also been eating thinnings: carrots, beets, and beet greens.
The corn has reached its full mature height of 4’, and is putting out tassels.
First squash flower opened this morning; and the green beans are covered with open blooms; should be picking by next weekend.
Last night, I dug clumps of from-seed leeks, and transplanted them,, while also side dressing the older, purchased transplants.
Also last week I deflowered the potatoes. Consensus of online sources was that it won’t do any harm, and MAY help improve yields.
Pole beans & scarlet runners are finally able to start climbing the fence wire; the scarlets are already trying to bloom.
Time to side dress the onions again.
Trees are full of apples this year, but late frost after an unusually early hot spell pretty much did in the stone fruits, other than wild plums.
Our day lilies have gone nuts this year; not to be outdone, the wildlings, purple echinacea, magenta spikes of wooly vervain, and yellow cone flowers & sunflowers are everywhere I look.
Still tilling under ground covering ‘crops’ of redroot pigweed every week; each mature plant produces 75-150,000 seeds, so the ground load is still enormous.
Your progress sounds fantastic!
Funny how we’re so far apart, but our gardens are in sync. My sweet corn is a tad behind yours, though the field corn all around me is ready to tassel.
I honestly have never heard of taking the blooms off of potatoes! I’ll have to research that. Mine are ready to be dug for some new potatoes - but I’m hoping for a bumper crop for storage well into the winter - now that I’ve figured out how to do it! :)