A slow day today because it was so hot. We were out early to water and generally check the gardens. A rabbit got under the electric fence in one and ate the tops of a few of the new bean plants, so we covered the row with a row cover. There are peppers ready to pick finally, but the tomatoes are so far behind schedule that it will be at least mid-August before we get any, from the look of things. Maybe we'll get some early cherry tomatoes at least.
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We were hopeful for rain this evening; it did look promising, but although areas nearby got several storms, we had only a light shower or two. So disappointing, when everything is so dry. Even the weeds are shriveling.
Tomorrow will be a busy day, so I'll sign off now and get to bed. Stay cool, friends (and those of you in England and Ireland, know that I am so jealous of your cool weather right now!).
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I think we all send summer days wishing, hoping, praying for rain. I looked at my forecast last night & it said 60% chance this Wed. Then this morning it had dropped to 20%.
ReplyDeleteI am at least getting tomatoes. I made some roasted tomato spread this past weekend & it's already gone. I can't wait to have enough tomatoes to make more to eat in my omelettes.
No tomatoes here, either. And something knocked all the bloom off my pepper plants, so none of those to look forward to. I did pull some beets, and picked a couple of squash and cucumbers. Josh plants the beans, and it looks like it'll be August before we get any of those. We need rain, too!!
ReplyDeleteMy folks used to make sorghum. (And invited the public in so as to keep old customs alive.) Molasses or sorghum cookies are hard tobeat.
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