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It went from one of the coldest Aprils on record to one of the hottest Mays. Temps have been mid to upper 90’s for 2 weeks. Today in North Texas it is expected to reach 100 degrees. Already pulled my potatoes and green beans. Lettuce got pulled 2 weeks ago. I have to use row covers to make tents to provide shade for my cucumbers and tomatoes. Peppers seem to be able to tolerate the heat better. Harvesting my corn this week. Going to visit my daughter in Colorado and leaving the garden watering job in the hands of my 2 teenage grandsons for a week. Unfortunately I see dead plants in my future.
Guess what? I HAVE BABY APPLES! Finally, after six or seven years, my Gala has set apples! I was soooooooo excited. Now, 10 day later, 75% of the little fruits are gone, and it looks as though at least half of the remaining are bug bitten. Oh, well - at least I have seen the apples finally on that tree.
My goal, is to harvest ONE good Gala. Oh, and my poor broken peach did set fruit. Not too bad either, though a little less than I would like it’s impressive for what the tree has been through. But the darn birds are at the little fruits, so I doubt I will have many to harvest.
My raspberry bush has spread out, and looks very good. I MAY get enough this year to do a small jam batch - but likely will have to go to the U-Pick to get enough to add in.
I am NOT doing my half of the garden this year other than three tomato plants. Maybe some carrots and some green beans. Hubby was feeling VERY lazy this year and does not want to fix the fence - so I am not doing all that gardening just to feed the varmints. Anyway, the soil could use a break.
Planting is going slowly this year. I’ve only just finished planting the backyard garden. I have 1000 gourds planted on my farm, but haven’t done the corn, beans, sunflowers, and other plants yet. I might be able to do some of that today. It’s nice out, but I have a sunburn that makes it hard to work outside. I may pull an all-nighter again. I did that with the gourds, it was easier than fighting the heat.
Last February when I applied to be a grower for Baker Creek, I included a list of 33 varieties I have that they don’t carry. They just recently got back to me and said they want all of them!
Tip for anyone who has trouble with tiny seeds: You can buy empty pill capsules and put one seed in each, then top off with something to give them a little weight. I used ground eggshells, but sand or dry dirt would work. This makes them easier to see, easier to handle, and you can plant standing up just by sliding them down a hollow tube. The capsules dissolve when wet, so the next rain will open them for you.