After a week of 80-degree weather, we dropped down to lows of 36 F! Boy, were we worried it would frost. When you have 5 acres in gardens, there’s no covering anything, so we just prayed like crazy. In the mornings it was cold, but nothing frosted. Just two miles away from us, it was white on the ground! That’s close.
As we’ve had such a crazy growing year, everything is late. Tomatoes, corn, peppers, beans — everything. As I had to replant the corn, we’re sweating it to make mature seed by frost. Usually, we don’t get a killing frost until about the first week of October. I don’t know about this year though…
It stopped raining and Will started cutting hay again. He made two rounds of a field, and the bearing went out of the haybine. We called around and nobody local had the right one. His haying friend had a few but they were the wrong size. We ordered a few online and via phone, hoping one might get here in a day or two. There’s always something.
I picked more tomatoes and will be seeding them this afternoon. I’ll also be canning up more tomato sauce or salsa. I haven’t made up my mind which yet.
Our potato vines are starting to die down and the onions are starting to tip over. It won’t be long before we get them harvested now. Both look like they’ll make a good show.
This year, I bought a few gladiolus bulbs and planted them in the tomato rows. They’re flowering now and sure look gorgeous.
–Jackie
