What did you do in the garden today?

[Sally PB]

I can see a couple of cherry tomatoes that are nearly ripe. I'll let them go a couple more days.

The cucamelon is going to be on my list of "grow every year" things.

I think later ones will be a bit bigger, but not much. They do taste like cucumber, with a hint of lemon. The skin is firm, crisp, and crunchy. I found a couple on the vine, and after eating them, I looked for any more and ate them on the spot. I'll have to plant more than 3 next year so that I can get enough to take back to the house. They'd be good in a salad.

 

[jerryse]

This morning when I went to grocery store 4 miles away - closed no power. Went the other direction 10 miles and store open. Forgot ice so stopped in Caseys for ice - closed no power. Water creeping from ice coolers. Second time this year for major outages due to storms.

 

[cj2024]

I just bought these Oofos slippers off amazon for $60 plus free shipping. I went to their website, but they only had PayPal and Google pay at check out, so I bought it from amazon. This type of slippers cost a lot, but they last a long time.

 

[CatInTheHenHouse]

I applied third round of predatory nematodes. They hit up to 200 types of insects, cucumber beetle being one type -and fire ants too(although no fire ants are here)! So, I’m hoping with 2-3 applications remaining I’m going to have a better year next year.

Also hoping for updates on this.

 

[Acre4Me]

Also hoping for updates on this.

A few years ago I applied predatory nematodes 1x, and not even the whole pack. They definitely helped. Those were from a different supplier (Spaulding labs). This year, based on cost and postage, I subscribed to a 5 month (might add Oct, weather depending) subscription bc bugs have been a problem and I really try to not use pesticides*. I’m using Natures Good Guys this year. I have already noticed a reduction in those tiny flies, and cabbage looper moths (still have caterpillars munching though). So, I’m hoping next year I can apply early season and late season only, assuming the 5-6 monthly applications this year were successful.

With flies, we start early season, and it really helps late season -we just trap them but fewer flies to breed leads to fewer flies!

* pesticides: I did gave to resort to spraying the fruit trees bc of the Japanese beetles, but they are not flowering and should only impact the JBs. I the pesticide is helping bc limited damage and a lot more growth this year on the fruit trees.

 

[jerryse]

2 squash of my own breeding summer zuke type

. 4 towns in the area had F1 tornados Tuesday.

 

[Molpet]

This morning when I went to grocery store 4 miles away - closed no power. Went the other direction 10 miles and store open. Forgot ice so stopped in Caseys for ice - closed no power. Water creeping from ice coolers. Second time this year for major outages due to storms.

my power just blinked on one phase monday night. I feel blessed. people a mile away are still without power . Grocery store I was going to go to tuesday is still without power.
21 possible tornado paths, so far they have confirmed 11 I think

just updated the count

"...This brings our current tornado count for the derecho event up to 19, and brings the July 14-15 2-day total up to 25 with still several locations left for us to survey and analyze."

 

[TJAnonymous]

I briefly took a quick peek at the garden this afternoon on a jaunt to the mailbox. All my mulch and cardboard were washed away. The very few corn seedlings that haven't disappeared were flattened by the flash flooding. I haven't looked inside the hoop house to check for damage in there yet.

 

[Smokerbill]

I pruned a bucket of branches from my tomatoes then tied the plants to their supports. Watered this morning with my new brass hose nozzle. Works good!

 

[Minanora]

I broke the broody! Woo!

Picked tomatoes and peppers today. My fridge died, had to throw out almost everything in the kitchen fridge. Shopping for a new one this weekend I guess. Not amused.

Pictures of the insanity. Corn topped out at over 10' tall. The tomatoes are 5-6' from the soil level in the beds, from the ground I need a step stool to tie the tops. Clover is thriving, hardly need to water it now! Woohoo.

The smoke from the wildfires is starting to make the air miserable. That haze in the distance is smoke covering the mountains.