We had a severe storm here yesterday evening. I finally finished cleaning my yard and the neighbor’s yard (she passed away about a year ago) about 4 this afternoon. I have two piles of limbs about three feet wide, three feet tall and about 20 feet long.
We had a message from the reverse 9/11 system that said they will have the green recycling center open from 10AM to 4PM Sat. and Sun. this weekend for people to dispose of fallen limbs and trees.
There is a lot of damage in our neighborhood. One of our friends lost two big limbs from their trees. They are out of town and we are watching their house. Another neighbor lost a fence when a tree on her neighbor’s yard fell over and the roots pulled up the posts.
Just down the road, a house had its roof pulled off and deposited it into the neighboring street and ditches. It is one of the several million dollar homes in our area.
We had two inches of needed rain. It fell in a very short time, so most is probably runoff which should help the lakes. Some areas around Johnson City had over five inches and all that runoff will end up in Lake Travis.
I need to go pick beans this afternoon. I noticed there are a lot of them that have to be pulled. Also some Roma tomatoes. That will be the first of those that I pick this year. All the stalks are loaded.
I had something kill one squash plant this week. I’ve never seen that before. It got a rot just about two inches above the ground and the stem just disintegrated like a gummy type of rot.
Sounds like you got lucky with the storm and no actual damage to your house? Our yard is very overgrown. We have had lots of rain, and the mower was in the shop. Hubby used the weed eater on some of the taller stuff in the front yard to kinda tidy it up a bit.
I was able to get out and sweep a little on the patios today, but cooking, babysitting, and garden thread have kept me indoors for a good part of the day.
I have lots of trouble with squash, cukes, and melons. The start out great get a fruit, and then the vine dies starting at the ground and moving toward the rest of the plant.
I didn’t even try to plant any this year since it was so cold and damp.
Here in SE PA, that does in just about all my zucchini plants each year. One of these days I will look up what causes it, I just plant them every three weeks to accommodate.
Sounds like the infamous SVB, aka, Squash Vine Borer. It's a moth that lays a bunch of little brown eggs..like the size of a pinhead.They lay the eggs at multiple places, one or two at a time. They hatch, burrow into the squash, and maggot their way through, eat their way out, pupate in the ground, and come out, and start the evil cycle all over again.