Today seems to be a decent day. The high is expected to be below 90 and cloudy this afternoon. Good weather for getting some things done.
Yes, I'm getting a slightly late start and going to be lazy a little longer.
Down side is that temperatures are already beginning to decrease. So, the garden areas I have not yet covered with plastic need to be done now or the chance of killing off grass and weeds drops along with the temperatures.
Oh, well. As I said before I wasn't counting on a whole lot from the garden this year besides tomatoes.
On the other hand, the cucumber vines are looking decent. Not flowering or anything yet. What is this? My third try at them this year? Going to plant some more seeds today and hope things stay in their temperature range long enough to produce some fruit.
No pumpkin plants yet. Plant more of those today, also. No giants this year. Bummer. Oh, well. Hope the steps taken this year remove or at least reduce damage from squash bugs next year.
Hard to believe it's July and summer is winding down a bit. Wonder what that means about the coming winter?
12:30 PM- Yes, still being primarily lazy. Right now I am waiting for those clouds to roll in. I would not mind if it started raining, either. Weather service say there is a flash flood watch but radar shows no such thing. Just clouds.
Still having really bad allergies.
I did go microwave more potting soil. Getting ready to plant some seeds. Also did a load of laundry.
In the end, if I wait until around 2 PM and start working on things, keep going until around 8, that's 6 hours of work today.
4:45 PM- Repeated the microwave soil with a few more pots. See how they do.
Stapled down the last of the black plastic in the garden. I need to buy some more to complete the job. Just a few feet short. Blech.
Treated the soil near the pomegranate and grape vine with acid. See if that perks them up. Tossed some phosphorous down, also. Looked up pictures and that appears to be the problem, at least with the pomegranate. Possible it's potassium but every time I've tested the soil the potassium was good to high. Not likely to be the issue. Potassium doesn't deplete as easily as N or P.
Had to tie back the tomato plants some more. Lots of tomatoes hanging now! I think I should start having ripe ones in another week or two. Unless these keep growing to a much larger size. Then it will be longer. I'm fine with waiting if it means bigger fruit!
I still have three tomato plants which I have not set in the ground. One in a big pot because it looked really weak when I was planting out. Two which I raised from cuttings in smaller pots. Now the problem is that the existing plants have bushed out so much I don't have any room in the tomato patch for these! I think these will just be kept in large containers so I'll be able to move them to the solarium when weather gets cold. See how long into fall and winter I can keep them going and producing.
Haven't gotten to the bike tires yet. Going to do that next.
Yes, I'm getting a slightly late start and going to be lazy a little longer.
Down side is that temperatures are already beginning to decrease. So, the garden areas I have not yet covered with plastic need to be done now or the chance of killing off grass and weeds drops along with the temperatures.
Oh, well. As I said before I wasn't counting on a whole lot from the garden this year besides tomatoes.
On the other hand, the cucumber vines are looking decent. Not flowering or anything yet. What is this? My third try at them this year? Going to plant some more seeds today and hope things stay in their temperature range long enough to produce some fruit.
No pumpkin plants yet. Plant more of those today, also. No giants this year. Bummer. Oh, well. Hope the steps taken this year remove or at least reduce damage from squash bugs next year.
Hard to believe it's July and summer is winding down a bit. Wonder what that means about the coming winter?
12:30 PM- Yes, still being primarily lazy. Right now I am waiting for those clouds to roll in. I would not mind if it started raining, either. Weather service say there is a flash flood watch but radar shows no such thing. Just clouds.
Still having really bad allergies.
I did go microwave more potting soil. Getting ready to plant some seeds. Also did a load of laundry.
In the end, if I wait until around 2 PM and start working on things, keep going until around 8, that's 6 hours of work today.
4:45 PM- Repeated the microwave soil with a few more pots. See how they do.
Stapled down the last of the black plastic in the garden. I need to buy some more to complete the job. Just a few feet short. Blech.
Treated the soil near the pomegranate and grape vine with acid. See if that perks them up. Tossed some phosphorous down, also. Looked up pictures and that appears to be the problem, at least with the pomegranate. Possible it's potassium but every time I've tested the soil the potassium was good to high. Not likely to be the issue. Potassium doesn't deplete as easily as N or P.
Had to tie back the tomato plants some more. Lots of tomatoes hanging now! I think I should start having ripe ones in another week or two. Unless these keep growing to a much larger size. Then it will be longer. I'm fine with waiting if it means bigger fruit!
I still have three tomato plants which I have not set in the ground. One in a big pot because it looked really weak when I was planting out. Two which I raised from cuttings in smaller pots. Now the problem is that the existing plants have bushed out so much I don't have any room in the tomato patch for these! I think these will just be kept in large containers so I'll be able to move them to the solarium when weather gets cold. See how long into fall and winter I can keep them going and producing.
Haven't gotten to the bike tires yet. Going to do that next.
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