After being gone just one day, I thought my garden would be safe from diseases as I sprayed the June and April tomatoes six days ago with the copper fungicide. My thinking was that the garden just got some rain, not enough to completely take the shield off. Boy, did my gardens get rain — […]
A beautiful overcast day with lower humidity. The weather reporter mentioned a cold front moving in with a chance of thunderstorms. The low was 71°F and the high reached 91°F. Before I could log any of my garden time, my grandson and I were out shopping for his school supplies during the tax‑free weekend. We
Today I was there before dawn to spray the Learning Plot with copper fungicide. I made half a gallon, and I still had enough to spray all the mature plants, even some of the mounds. After I finished with this, I watered only the mounds that needed it, which wasn’t many. I then decided on
A cloudy morning, and I thought it was going to be cooler according to the weather reporter, but instead it was so humid that sweat was running off my face just doing simple tasks like getting the large piece of black plastic out of my shed, which I decided not to use. At least the
I have been so busy with the Pickle Patch that I have neglected my genealogy. When I am not planning things in the gardens, I do work on my genealogy — just not like I used to before the gardens. I know I can devote one day to “Document Day,” as I am committed to
I got at the Pickle Patch about 30 minutes before sunrise. If you are wondering time sunrise was 6:05 am. At this time I start spraying, so the earlier the better chances your plants will not react and burn. I mixed one gallon of copper fungicide as I decided to only spray the few remaining
On the weekends I take the highway as there is no traffic and I am there in about 15 minutes. Before leaving the house, I checked the weather and it said it was cloudy and I didn’t see any rain for the morning. While driving I could see the dark clouds and I was hoping
Finally the weather report is right, at least at my house. A nice gentle rain came through, the kind my newly sown seeds absolutely love. I’m hoping this will be the magic my yellow squash mounds needed. This is the third time replanting them, and this round I used seeds a fellow gardener shared with
Another beautiful cloudy, low‑humidity morning, the kind that actually feels good to work in. The low was 71°F and the forecast high is 88°F, though with the cloud cover it may not reach that. There’s a chance of rain overnight with about .35″ predicted, and another .5″ Saturday morning. As usual, we might get nothing
A cloudy, beautiful day with low humidity — at least for today — before it starts building again tomorrow. I’ll take this day. The low was 72°F, wonderfully cool without that humidity pressure, and the high stayed under 90°F at a breezy 85°F. I loved working in the garden today and got a lot accomplished.
