What did you do in the garden today?

[TJAnonymous]

Decided to finally tackle more peaches. Boiled and blanched about 30 of them. They were much less wormy than the first batch. Out of this batch, I canned a few pints of sliced peaches, peach syrup, and made more fruit leather with the pulp. Spilled a bunch of syrup on the floor, cabinets, and countertop by accident. What a sticky mess...

Most of my spaghetti squash is dying. Not SVB but it's turning yellow. Probably fungus because it's been sooooooo wet. I'm starting more seeds this weekend.

My tomatoes are also suffering blossom end rot. Not sure why... I LOADED the soil with bone meal, blood meal, kelp, and crawfish shells. I am guessing it's the darn moisture again... These are in a raised, self-watering bed. The ones in the ground don't have this problem.

 

[Backroadlogic]

Found some passion flower vines. A blessing and a curse lol more work clearing around them then I wanted to do but a nice treat when they fruit.

Hand pollinated all my tomato and my pepper plants. Starting to finally get some tomatoes growing. One of my brandywine tomatoes has 7 growing, some golf ball sized. Won't be long and I will be stressed with to many tomatoes lol

 

[TJAnonymous]

Heat index is 116 degrees.. Humidity is 70%...

 

[Backroadlogic]

It's hardly any better here. 90 degrees, feels like 102. Sunnyyyyy. At least I have these big oaks to hide under

 

[CatInTheHenHouse]

Something munched one of my cucumber’s new leaves. Out comes the Neem oil! And the Bt too for good measure! And actually it occurs to me I finally have a stretch with no rain, let me grab the DE while I’m at it…

The good news is the cloche seems to have helped the squash seedling - it has a few new leaves to replace the ones that died - and I think I’ll be able to harvest some peas this weekend. Just in time for them to get clobbered by the stretch of 90+ degree weather that’s supposed to hit in the next few days.

 

[cj2024]

That’s not my fungus though, would it work on pseudoperonospora cubensis?

I looked up the pathogen and another word for it is water mold which causes powdery mildew on commercial crops like squash, cucumbers, melons etc., so although milk mixed with water can help with powdery mildew, it may not be able to address the root cause.
Anyway, for me I only grow one vine of squash, and I don't want that many. I get tired of them after just one 30 to 40lb Black Bull Head winter melon. The powdery mildew in my area can't kill the vine, but aphids can mess it up if I don't control the infestation.

 

[Wee Farmer Sarah]

I found space in the garden to plant some Black Seeded Simpson leaf lettuce seeds this morning. I'll get 6 plants if enough seeds germinate.

@cj2024 , when I was a kid we had fried eggplant sandwiches. 1/4 inch thick slices fried in oil and eaten between slices of bread with ketchup.

I think the ketchup was the magic ingredient. I’ve tried to like eggplant, but it just doesn’t agree with my palate.

 

[WthrLady]

Heat index is 116 degrees.. Humidity is 70%...
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Here too. Insane with 40mph winds. I can't image how bad without the wind. I prefer the wind with this heat.

 

[SqaukingNTalking]

Picked some cilantro and prepared for freezing. I’m going to have to do this once a day now. And it is so fresh and tasty! Also did a little weeding.

 

[Jenbirdee]

Picked up and tied up my giant sunflowers that were blown over from yesterday storm