I finish the old fashioned pickles yesterday. I will be picking limas soon. I guess none of my yard long beans can up. :/. Or maybe they did and the month of rain killed them.
Speaking of clover, I would always know what the surrounding farmers used as cover crop bc red clover etc would pop up in clumps in my yard. I love clover
In the middle of making my old fashioned sweet pickles and everything feels off bc instead of starting at night, I had to start during the day. I figure overnight is 7/8 hours? I never had to worry w time when I began the process at night!
It didn’t rain yesterday!
I need to do some weeding...
We had a casualty w our young chickens. One darted off when dh was putting them up. I took flashlight and walked around peeping but it didn’t come back. Not here this morning either. We hatched and raising these for family member. They are taking all the hens when bigger.
I found a hornworm...
I tried to cut off some of the suckers on the beefsteaks. On some I have tomatoes growing on them and just couldn’t cut them.
Seeing if I can get these to root.
I tied up my beefsteak tomatoes. These have stood up to the daily rain nicely.
I tied up Lima beans and picked more cucumbers.
No hornworms. No scat. No nothing. The chickens really put a dent in their population.
Almost thru w the back trellis.
I put the young chicks in w teenagers so I could clean their box. They just stared at me- Get me out of here! 😂
Since it’s clear skies it should rain today 😂
What ever forecast that said the rain would let up in July was wrong. Since beginning of June we’ve had rain almost every single day...
We are still getting rain, storms really, every day. My zinnias have succumbed to a mold and the lemon tomatoes some kind of fungus.
The beefsteak have gotten over their dramatic stage and need to be suckered.
Will have okra soon.
These vining limas you have to tie up. I thought they hand...
DH is finishing trellis in back of garden and we had a massive thunderstorm! I guess when they said the rain would be over in July they didn’t mean thunderstorms 😬
I think I want to keep this rooster out of all the young roosters. We haven’t introduced them to the main flock yet. I’m kinda...
Since we had a month of rain, I forgot I had to water my plants in pots and containers. I spent the morning watering those. My knee is aching so I will just help dh w a trellis he is working on and keep knee elevated and iced rest of time
I went hunting for hornworms w my black light. Nothing. 🤔 the grasshoppers did like the way my shirt lit up and had a lil freak out moment 😂 picked them off and gave to the chicks.
I used to hate hornworms but I tolerate them now. The chickens love them so I don’t mind throwing them some! My gs has a lizard and he takes some home w him too. Evidently they sell live ones $1 piece online and at pet stores for animals! And then there’s fishing- some fishermen love using...