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I picked some zucchini, yellow squash, cucumbers and a couple tomatoes this morning. Watered some potted plants and then decided to do some laundry. Inside chores in the a/c. 😊

It rained last night! :ya That will help with today's chores. I have a small shallow bird bath visible from a window. Night before last something turned it over. That's never happened before as it is fairly heavy. I forgot to fix it yesterday. I use it for a rain gage. I wonder what flipped...

Kentucky Wonder Pole Bean It's the only one I've grown for the last several years. About a 15-20 ft row produces all we need for the year. Just 2 of us to feed but I do share lots with family. You can save seed too. They do like regular water. I grew Blue Lake a few times. Got lots of vine...

All we got this morning is drizzles. I'll have to water tomorrow. Need to prune the tomatoes too. Worked in the garden a while this morning. While doing a bug check I found some blooms in the green beans and buds on the butterbeans. Didn't see any bugs this time! Butterbeans @fuzzi...

These storms are missing us too. Only getting drizzles. There is a tiny storm in the county to my west. It has parked and dumped almost 2 in of rain. I wish it would pass on through and share with us.

Hopeful for a shower this morning. I will still need to water the plants in the greenhouse. More chances for rain the next couple days. We need some. No gardening yesterday. Cook a ham, fresh cabbage and potatoes from the garden. @Sally Last year I had bunnies sneaking through my fence. They...

Yesterday I ran another row of trellising on the tomatoes. I had to stand on a milk crate this time. That will be as high as I trellis. Any taller they will flop over and keep going. I'm only 5 ft tall! :lol: You can see in the photo my potato foliage is dying back. Will be digging these...

Would maybe wrapping the threads with pipe tape help fill the difference? If needed add a bit of caulk? Or plumbers putty?

I worked in the garden yesterday. It was a very hot day! I picked more blueberries and a Black Krim tomato. Added some stuff to the compost bin. LOTS of volunteers in the bin. My compost is ALIVE! 😂 Should be seeing blooms on the greenbeans soon. The plants in front of the green beans are...

I done this with carrots, melons, squash, and zinnias. These were all directly seeded in the ground.

Have you tried laying a board across newly planted seed after you water them in? You have to keep it checked and remove the board as soon as you see sprouts. I do this sometimes if I'm having problems getting seed started. It helps to keep the moisture more consistant.

I've always wonder how potatoes would do as a fall crop. If you do this, keep me posted on how they do!

I have well water. The well is beside the garden so when I have to water it comes straight from the ground no added anything. I drink this water and never had a problem keeping tropical fish. I never had to treat my water for the aquariums. In my case at least, there is no added chemicals. I...

I was about to head down to pick the blueberries. I heard thunder and now it's raining. We also had some showers last night. We need this rain. Will not have to water the garden or flowers today! :ya Is it just me or does anyone else notice more and better growth with natural rainfall vs...

We are supposed to be getting some rain tonight. I hope we get a good bit or I will have to water tomorrow. Time to check the blueberries again. I've been picking some every 2-3 days.

Thankfully the rain did not beat up the garden too bad. I did have to wrap some bean vines back on the trellis. Tomatoes are starting to get tall so I pushed some vines into the weaving. I noticed something ate the top of a few zinnia seedlings. I suspect an insect.

Rained almost all day yesterday. Several heavy down pours into the evening. More coming today. The flowers just planted look good. I will go down to the garden shortly and check on things. Hope it didn't beat things up too bad. :fl

We are getting rain today and probably tomorrow. Thankful to see it! Yesterday I planted 30 small pots of mostly cleome, vinca and petunias I grew out from seed. Still have more to plant. Back and wrist are sore this morning so won't be planting today.

I've not yet seen a tomato worm or a squash bug but I've been looking. I have seen a few earwigs. They are evil looking creatures. My melons, pumpkins and butternut squash have just started coming up. I have a few sunflowers and zinnias seeded there that have broken through as well. We've had...

Yesterday I planted seeds for watermelon, canteloupe, pie pumpkins, butternut squash, sunflowers and zinnias. Planted a few marigolds in with the melons to stand guard on the root knot nematode invasion. I had a helper yesterday. My favorite pea picker! He helped me pick these.