With the cooler temperatures this week, I will plant more beans and peas tomorrow. I might throw some kale in an unused bed, but will probably wait a week or two. If I get time I might prepare a ground bed for strawberries next spring.
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Four-letter, four-legged locusts…
AKA deer left enough of my okra so I can finally pick some this weekend. As I have posted earlier, they turn their noses up at everything else in the garden to attack the okra. With some heat tolerant spinach and grape tomatoes, I have the beginning of a decent salad. With the recent coolingContinue reading “Four-letter, four-legged locusts…”
Planting Time, fall edition
I took advantage of the long term wetter, cooler trend and planted some beans this morning. It is a little warm for greens, but in two or three weeks that should change.
Cool breezes
I did some long overdue yard work today. The weather was better than it has been the last three months, with the high only reaching 80 degrees with a slight refreshing breeze. Tomorrow will be warmer, but the days off 100 degree temperatures are over. It is too warm to plant the winter garden, butContinue reading “Cool breezes”
Rain at last
We got about an inch of rain today. It’s not enough to add to my water storage, but at least I won’t have to worry about watering what’s left of my garden. Today felt like fall and if tomorrow is the same I might catch up on yard work.
Keep on droughting
Five weeks after having no drought status, we have achieved severe drought status. Rain is expected tonight and tomorrow night, but we will be lucky to get back to moderate drought status by next week. At least the temperatures are below average until Tuesday and will be average for the foreseeable future.
Taking advantage of a break.
I was waiting for this break in the weather to transplant some pepper plants into bigger containers. Some were put into fresh containers and some replaced plants that have died during the heat wave. I think I will plant some okra in the grow trays to replace the peppers. We only got a trace ofContinue reading “Taking advantage of a break.”
Four legged locusts, Part two
I thought the deer would leave the okra alone this year. They thought better late than never. They won`t touch the tomatoes, watermelon, squash or peppers. Even the sweet potatoes, whose leaves are edible, are spared. They just destroy the okra. Something is wrong with these deer.
Relief this week
Temperatures are still reaching the 100s, but the Weather Channel is calling for lower temperatures and rain this week. Highs could get down to the 60s by Friday. My garden is dying as we speak. It is not the daytime temperatures that are the problem as much as the lows that don’t drop below 80.Continue reading “Relief this week”
Nokra
Those four lettered four legged locusts, aka deer, ate the okra again. They don’t touch anything else, just the okra.
Footyfried 