1/4” to 3/4” rain every few days for the last couple of weeks, so don’t need to water.
WInter squash has run wild, with runners up to 12’ or so long, with a lot of fruits coming along. Same for the pumpkins.
Second planting of carrots have suddenly taken off with the cooler, damper weather.
The Siberian—or Mongolian; I always forget which— apricots are nearly ripe, with a few precocious ones taste tested. They are very small, only about 1.5”, and the flesh drier and less sweet, though not tougher, than commercial ‘cots; but good flavored: good for cooking, less so for out of hand eating. Not surprising, as that is what the Farm Bureau description said when they sold them as ‘shelter belt’ trees.
As I think of more, I’ll add it later.
Well, it all sounds good. I didn’t get a single carrot to germinate. I am going to try growing some in a pot, so I can roll them into the shade or bring them in if the temps get back to really hot.
This fall, I will plant some in the winter garden along with the winter lettuce. So far, the only time I have been able to grow a decent crop of carrots is the fall through winter planting. Spring time crop always fizzles.