Awe...ya ain't alone there! I just can't get my body functioning to do much in mornings due to chronic health problems.Oh that’s not energy, it’s insomniagoin’ through the change.
You seem to be doing just fine!
Remind us!
I had to buy shade cloth a couple years ago for beans which surprised the heck out of me! Of course I use it for lettuce too, but that's not shocking.You’re so sweet to feed the skeeters
I’m finding it interesting that so many folks are using shade in places I never thought they would need it.
You hand pollinate! That's gardening to the max!Remind us!
I had to buy shade cloth a couple years ago for beans which surprised the heck out of me! Of course I use it for lettuce too, but that's not shocking.
We picked the last of the strawberries this am, before the heat, & DH had at least 20 mosquitos around him - not a single one buggin me!
Dehydrating the last of the strawberries today, that should be yum. Too hot & humid to do anything the next couple days so I fed & watered the birds this am & we'll hide inside working on the kitchen. It's so nice not having bugs on my plants *knockonwood*, but such a pain to hand pollinate everything every day.
Thanks...just watered the pots only and transplanted 2 sage I got for half off since I must not have any...and I'm drained and ill pay for it for daysYou seem to be doing just fine!
I have to hand pollinate my squash because it is inside my hoop house so doesn't have access to pollinators. I also "helped" pollinate my tomatoes and sweet corn which are also inside the hoop house. What I find interesting is that the tomatoes that I "help" set WAY more fruit than tomatoes outside the hoop house which I don't hand pollinate.
That makes sense given that tomato pollination is primarily driven by wind vibrating the flowers and shaking the pollen loose, and a hoop house is going to mostly block the wind.
Like @TJAnonymous my squash & cukes are covered/under bug netting so I have no choice. I do love bug free (so far) plants tho! This is my first year trying it, so far so good. I'm thinking of covering my rutabaga too as @Acre4Me says the loopers like them (I think that's what she said!) but if I don't get moving it'll be too late, lol.
Sorry your colds not done with you yet...hope it passes soon!
Have you ever tried them as chips? We thin slice them, brush them with olive oil, dust them with a little seasoning and pop them into the dehydrater when we have too many to eat fresh. Can eat them as chips or use them to cook with...like using sundried tomatoes.
