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Weather is not looking good for any working in the gardens for us the rest of this week. Looks like it will rain even more now before the current rainfall is used up. We ate some of the first new potatoes tonight. Sure can tell the difference in them and store bought.

We got the second planting of sweet corn in the ground today along with some Lima beans. No if the Lima beans will just pollinate. The first time we planted them here we got 3 pods out of thousands of blooms. I think the heat may have been the culprit. I may plant some more later to set beans in...

We are getting a lot more rain from a violent thunderstorm that was forecast earlier. Can't see outside to know if and what kind of damage there is. I feel bad for the chickens in the coops during these intense storms.

Looks like we may get up to and inch of rain over several hours so it should soak down instead of going down the river to the Gulf of Mexico. I just want rain and not the possible hail.

I haven't planted summer squash yet and wanted to plant a few hills today. The old bones just don't respond to my commands like the once did. I may mud some in tomorrow after the storms move out early morning. I can plant in the sandy loam soil here a few things in small areas. Our sweet corn is...

My French hens (Bresse) are helping dig the Irish potatoes. The plants are tall and well bedded up and the hens to like to get in them in their shade to dust bathe and nap a little. I'm going to dig them after this next rain as some are starting to die off now. I want small to medium sized ones...

I got a lot of tilling done today but nothing planted. Not going to plant in a seedbed that is not good enough. To much plant residue still that interferes with the planter and seed placement. If we double time it tomorrow we should get all the planting done before a potential stormy wet week.

After watering sweet corn last night I found the first tassels in the patch this morning. I planted 8 feet of 4 rows to Early Sunglow so we could have some early ears for table use. Another day or two we should see silks start to come out. I saw one what looks like an army worm today. I thought...

Rain appearing now in the forecast but that will not be felt by the plants here unless it does rain here and not 10 miles away. I'm turning the pump back on and going to finish the corn patch and then the onion bed. Need to till some sprouted new weeds under and plant a lot of beans and other...

I'm trying to make it rain by pumping water on the sweet corn. It is over 90's here now and dry.

I need to go back out and get the mail. I may have more seed in the box....

The tomato, pepper, eggplant, and sweet potato plants will get water this afternoon after the rain missed us again.

I've up and done it. I ordered a pound of King of the Garden pole Lima beans along with a reusable trellis netting. Lima Beans are so expensive and never taste like home grown. Bush Lima beans can be so hard on the back to pick. I'll have one row of them and then the pole Lima beans too.

Nearly 90 again here today. I didn't go out after early morning chores until after 6 this evening. Then I finished thinning the sweet corn and took care of chickens that needed something. I did order tomato seed to day for some paste tomatoes and some for an improved Celebrity that can be used...

It was very hot today in the 90's already. I did get almost done thinning the first planting of sweet corn and did some research on things to order for the fall garden. Here we don't plant some normal spring crops until late summer so they don't mature in excess heat. Broccoli, cabbage...

I'm most likely going to buy these type planters for next season. They can extend my gardening years and save seed and work hours not to mention a lot of bending over time. Planting plants would be so much easier. https://standnplant.com/index.php/seeder

I checked to see if it was dry enough to work the ground and plant today but found it way to wet still. No rain on the radar for over a week and I think I can plant by mid afternoon tomorrow. I did get most of the first planting of sweet corn thinned today. What I'm about to plant this week will...

Looks like it rained quite a bit while we were gone. I'll take it. Gives me another day of rest other than chicken coop chores.

I may till over one of the garden plots and prep it for beans we are planting for dried kidney and great northern beans this afternoon. Slim chance as resting these old bones is feeling good today. It won't take me but an hour or so to get it all done.

Mostly rest today but did water and it is going to keep running all night again tonight. We did fix the peas onto the trellis that were not climbing it the way it was. I got a good nap today for as much rest as possible. Lots of planting resumes tomorrow. Maybe. It may be Tuesday before seeding...