Boy, the gardens received a lot of rain, a little over 3 inches, and it is supposed to rain a couple more inches Tuesday and Wednesday. Today, while driving, it was spitting, as we say, or really just misting rain. It actually stopped as soon as I got out of my truck. I did cheat
Sunny, cool morning with a low in the high 40s and a high of about 80°F. We are in a drought in the Mid-South, and maybe some rain is coming this weekend. All week, my routine was watering all the cover crops. A few beds also received additional seeds because they were not germinating like
Even though it was a beautiful sunny day and I was productive in the garden this morning, I had to do something I have never done in my life — surrender the puppy I found a week ago. Puppy Resting After Being Found We tried all week to get him settled. Even when he
Today you wouldn’t think it was fall, as the high will be in the low 90s for the next few days, so I’m back to shorts. Remember how I anchored everything down and took a day off on Saturday for the much‑needed rain? Well, we only got a sprinkle at noon — just enough to
A beautiful day today, but I have to batten down anything that might fly away with Hurricane Isaias coming. The report is that we could get 1–3 inches of rain and windy conditions up to 40 mph. I have a lot of boxes stacked in the Pickle Patch for future blueberry and Back 40 weed
Another beautiful day, with the lows dipping into the 50s. It was a good thing I had my shorts on underneath my overalls because it heated up fast once the sun rose. I arrived just before dawn and saw Jonathan watering, and we talked shop. We noticed several weeks ago that when he used the
A beautiful fall day. For the last two days I have switched to, yep, my overalls and long shirt. I didn’t switch because it’s officially fall. I switched because the low was 55, and it wasn’t going to warm up fast, even with highs in the low 80s. I need to catch my readers up
Another beautiful day starting with some cloud coverage at dawn. The temperature for the last few days has been a low in the 60s and a high in the mid‑80s. With this nice weather you would think my cover crops would be sown, but that has been on hold since Saturday. They say bad things
Today is also the first day of fall. It is like a switch was turned as we went from the super‑hot 100°F heat dome to fall weather. Would you believe the low was 64°F and the high — I can’t believe I’m saying this — 78°F. The muggy meter is nonexistent. A great day to
A little foggy only when driving on Gardener Road, but once in the gardens, the fog lifted. I started at sunup at my new Learning Plot, which I’m going to use for trialing tomatoes and tomatillos. The old one will also have a cover crop and be ready for a new gardener. I’ve realized I
