Far behind again! I try to keep up with you all, but other things take up time too.
Yesterday we had an intense storm for about 30 min. Even the tiny carrot plants were flattened to the ground, pepper plants were tipped over -not broken though.
Sweet potato slips arrived … right as this heat dome started. Took me two days to plant them- about 115 slips, some of which may not survive (USPS did them no favors prior to receiving). But plenty look happily hot (nestled under black plastic), and wet/moist - both things they love to be.
Garlic looks great! But still in the ground. Will harvest in a week perhaps. The onions are looking good too. Will have to harvest one variety as many are now tipped over (began a few days before the storm yesterday) so I need to get them on a rack to cure.
Potatoes are beginning to look “done”, so I’ve been harvesting some from the dirt as needed for meals. Yum!
Japanese beetles -1st one spotted yesterday. I’ll need to spray a few of the fruit trees, bc one in particular is an absolute magnet for them -they stunted its growth for 2years before I finally broke down and began to spray that tree with an actual pesticide for the duration of the JB season.
Chickens- still having issues with this Feb batch. Another death a couple days ago - they are about 16 weeks old now. We decided we will get more chicks this year, but will drive to Meyer hatchery and pick up some chicks. The problem batch came from a different hatchery (which we also picked up in person, and have used that other hatchery for years without any oroblems). But this is the last year needing to care about 4H rules for fancy and egglayer chickens bc last year kid shows in 4H. Love 4H, great program, but glad to move onto non-kid activities after 27 years of parenting. I’ll just submit my own things to the fair as I feel like it.
