Been a crazy couple of weeks both work and weather-wise, tornadoes on the 24th...missing us thankfully. Temperature variations giving the veggies a difficult time and then the rains associated w/ all the storms. Drought for months and then 3" monsoon rains pounding the ground. Oh well, it's Oklahoma after all.
Tomatoes are ripening but the asparagus picking is about to come to an end. Time for peppers, squash and cukes to get going.
All for now...stay dirty my friends!
Thursday, May 26, 2011
Friday, May 6, 2011
First Tomato....
Got my first breaker tomato last night...thank you 4th of July tomatoes for being early producers. Should keep getting a steady flow of them from here on out. Sugar snack cherries are going well and hopefully will start to turn in the next week or so.
Also noticed my first fruit on the Black Krim plant, yum...can't wait. Ate the first batch of strawberries last night...not too bad.
1st round of carrots are progressing nicely and will be good to go shortly, while the next batch is cranking up. Onions are bulbing and the ones that over-wintered in my garage to almost nothing...well, i pulled one of those last night and used the small bulb in dinner. Home grown onions, and for that matter anything, are so much better than anything store-bought.
Sent the 2nd round of plants w/ the wife to get to the farm today...hope they produce. 3rd set is having issues since i ran out of good soil and had to use something else...killed quite a few of them already. :(
Soil is too heavy for them, so lesson learned there. Time to start the okra, squash and eggplant now.
Keep on digging...
Also noticed my first fruit on the Black Krim plant, yum...can't wait. Ate the first batch of strawberries last night...not too bad.
1st round of carrots are progressing nicely and will be good to go shortly, while the next batch is cranking up. Onions are bulbing and the ones that over-wintered in my garage to almost nothing...well, i pulled one of those last night and used the small bulb in dinner. Home grown onions, and for that matter anything, are so much better than anything store-bought.
Sent the 2nd round of plants w/ the wife to get to the farm today...hope they produce. 3rd set is having issues since i ran out of good soil and had to use something else...killed quite a few of them already. :(
Soil is too heavy for them, so lesson learned there. Time to start the okra, squash and eggplant now.
Keep on digging...
Monday, May 2, 2011
What a great day...
Before starting with my usual subject matter, i would just like to say that it is a great day to be an American. My thoughts go out to all those affected by the worst of mankind and hope that yesterday's news brings some sort of comfort to them and those around the world! Thanks to the men and women in uniform.
Now back to our regular scheduled program...mother nature decided to give me more work this past weekend by bringing in two days worth of winds on Thursday and Friday. Repairs once again were done to the greenhouse and i had to redo part of the roof on the chicken coop...nothing extensive thankfully.
Cooler temps yesterday and today plus some more moisture are always welcomed but the predicted low for tonight may mess some things up. Last report was a low of 38 degrees for tonight....yeesh!
Onions are enjoying it and the spinach that i thought was going to burn up in April is rebounding but my early planted peppers are not going to like this at all. Also worried about bloom drop on my tomatoes...guess we'll have to wait and see.
That's it for now.
Now back to our regular scheduled program...mother nature decided to give me more work this past weekend by bringing in two days worth of winds on Thursday and Friday. Repairs once again were done to the greenhouse and i had to redo part of the roof on the chicken coop...nothing extensive thankfully.
Cooler temps yesterday and today plus some more moisture are always welcomed but the predicted low for tonight may mess some things up. Last report was a low of 38 degrees for tonight....yeesh!
Onions are enjoying it and the spinach that i thought was going to burn up in April is rebounding but my early planted peppers are not going to like this at all. Also worried about bloom drop on my tomatoes...guess we'll have to wait and see.
That's it for now.
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