With our heat and plenty of water from our spring basin irrigation system, everything is going great guns. I’ll be canning green beans this evening and should be picking cucumbers tomorrow. It’s all I can do to keep up with the garden right now. It’s so wonderful. We’re eating our first full-sized fresh tomatoes with juice running down our chins.
This is going to be a short one because I’ve got so much to do right now. We’re doing good, although VERY busy! — Jackie
Elizabeth,
Our beavers haven’t started their “winter mode preparation”
yet. When they do, I’ll let you know. We thought they had gotten it wrong when we got all that rain this spring and they “called for” a dry summer. Well the rain quit and we went into drought and are now inches behind in rainfall. Luckily our spring basin we irrigate from was okay, although lower than we had ever had it go. And we got an inche of rain yesterday. Hooray!
Ann,
Don’t plant them too early and always be sure the rows stay moist untiil they have well germinated. Most carrots fail because the dried out, even for a partial day when the seeds were germinating. Warmer soil makes them germinate faster although they will germinate at lower soil temps but it takes days longer and there’s more chance of them getting dried out or the weeds taking over.
Oh wow! Your garden looks so lush and green. How wonderful
Elizabeth we are fighting the voles too. We did put a mole chaser out there which we found at Jungs garden center. He makes a weird noise that they don’t like and chases them away. It’s good for 1/4 of an acre. IT really worked over by the house. Also Jackie said put a piece of potato on a trap and trap them. I can feel for you! Yes, I have the same thing for the winter, 2 totally different stories. So we eagerly await the Beaver weather report!!
Another quick question: are you able to determine our upcoming winter weather from the beaver activity yet? One model I read about seems to think we are in for yet another “bad” winter. But our local weather man states we might experience an El Nino winter this year. What do the beavers say?
We really struggle with voles. I’ve tried the straw as mulch but ended up without any potatoes one year due to voles setting up houses (and apartments and condominiums) under the straw. Yikes! No potatoes? Can’t do that again. This year I’m experimenting with a type of landscape fabric. So far it works pretty well but I haven’t pulled it all the way up to look for rodent damage past the edges. Keep your fingers crossed!
Your carrots are beautiful. I have a terrible time getting germination and early growth in carrots. If I get them past that stage, I usually have decent carrots. This year I have about 10 carrots survive in the whole long row. Suggestions would be appreciated.
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