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As long as it's been since the rain stopped I'm going to see if I can get another trellis layer up on the peppers, eggplants and tomatoes yet this afternoon. If I can't do it today it will be a job for Monday. Peppers and egg plants really need it before we get any of the thunderstorm winds...

We got rain that was needed without a lot of excess. Now if tomorrow's rain will repeat.

I've discovered I have until the first week in July to plant watermelons. I have a place for 30 hills. Should yield 60-90 large melons. I have some Black Diamond (Canon Ball type) seed that need to be used.

Looks like it could come a thunderstorm here between 5 and 6pm. That's better coming in midday and then a lot of it getting evaporated instead of soaking in.

Sally do you have a full service plumbing supply that you can ask at?

Sorry but I have no clue. Can you install a new port that you can use an available fitting in if you can't find what you need? I've never seen such a tote so I'm just pulling at straws for a solution.

I managed to get some lime on the tomatoes today and limed the area where the fall crop of tomatoes will be planted also. Got all the fruit, berries, and pecan trees fertilized today so the forecast rain for this weekend will probably either go north or south or both of us. Tomorrow is wage war...

After mulling over how to get green Fordhook Lima beans in the freezer and checking our AL planting guide I see that I can plant them after I harvest the early sweet corn in one of the plots.

We got some rain here during the early morning hours. Enough to settle the dust. I can still prep for planting okra and purple hull peas. That's one benefit of sandy loam soil.

We did get stakes in the ground and the first trellis line put around the peppers and eggplant today and none to soon. Maybe more planting tomorrow for okra and pink eye purple hull peas. I really want to get a lot done by Friday as we may just get some rain on Sat and Sun.

I need to get a couple of rows of pinkeye purple hulls in the ground. I hope they are a top pick type too. I'll have enough bending picking the Fordhook Lima beans. I may crawl on my knees to pick them. You just can't buy them at any price any more picked at the right stage to be eaten as a...

Chickens took priority over garden plots today. 3 weeks until 25 new chicks arrive and I want to be ready. So we stayed out of the 92° heat and not only cleaned the brooder but also the sun room we keep it in. I did finally start moving paper feed sacks packed with brooder litter out to start a...

We got just enough rain to keep us out of the garden until all foliage is dried off this morning. The little bit of measurable rain we got came after dark last night hours after it was supposed to. It will be a steamy 92° after lunch so there will not be a lot done before 5pm today.

When you transplant the depth is important too. You may know this already but the crown of the plant is picky about not being to deep or shallow. I want a patch but know we just can't get down to plant them the way they need to be so a raised bed is our only option. Maybe one day.

The roots are not getting to much water are they? I don't know what else could cause it. Commercial fields of berries are grown on flat topped ridges and mostly covered with a black plastic mulch. On the ridge they don't get wet. You may have a disease problem I just don't know about.

Variety plays a roll in the firmness of the berry. Some are soft to start with and some are firm. Some are red to the core too. There are varieties that will do well in your cold climate. I know that some people in the colder zones used to mulch then down in the fall after they went dormant and...

Here is a picture of good strawberries used in a catalog for strawberry plants. Several different shapes. I bought my plants form the company in the mid 70's and grew the best berries I ever tasted. I think somewhere I have the old photo of my wife and kids planting them by the headlights of our...

Lots of variations in size and shapes. Some were more of a wedge shape and some perfect ones. The way they get pollinated I think makes a difference. If they have a balance fertilizer that meets their needs I wouldn't worry about that. I know a small time farmer in TN that grows for his local...

Lots of strawberries in NW MO. Only have blackberries and a few blueberries now. Raspberries will be added next spring.

All of my seed sprouted and are growing great that didn't get standing water on them from the 6" monsoon we had. I didn't by any from Baker Creek. Most came from the CoOp feed and seed store. I did order some from Wilhite out of TX. Some were two year old seed I had leftover from Burpee. One...