{"id":10513,"date":"2024-07-22T17:33:18","date_gmt":"2024-07-22T21:33:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/?p=10513"},"modified":"2024-07-22T17:33:18","modified_gmt":"2024-07-22T21:33:18","slug":"its-being-one-of-those-gardening-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/2024\/07\/22\/its-being-one-of-those-gardening-years\/","title":{"rendered":"It’s being “one of those” gardening years"},"content":{"rendered":"

Normally, we have a struggle with one or two things. But this year, it seems like we’re having lots of issues we normally don’t have. First, was the torrential rain, then the constant rain. Okay, then it dried up for a week. That would be fine but the soaked clay in two of our gardens turned to cracked concrete! We planted our sweet corn for eating (not seed saving) three times and still, very little germination. Those tiny seedlings just can’t break through that packed clay. It did rain yesterday and it’s sprinkling today so maybe <\/em>the last planting will poke through?<\/p>\n

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This is one of the BETTER spots we replanted sweet corn in for the third time. The rest are cracked, clumps of clay.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The tomatoes and beans look great, as do our onions and squash. They all got an early start and have been mulched and fertilized. So, I’m not complaining. Will got the baler fixed and got a small hayfield below the house cut \u2014 just before it rained! Oh well, such is farming. Just a warning note; much of the country has experienced either drought or heavy rain so crops will be light. We’re buying our grain for the livestock ahead as prices will surely go up as the supply diminishes. Same for food for us, too. I know I’ll sure be canning up a storm very soon. And with the political situation being so dramatic, I’m also continuing to stock up on things I can’t grow, including medications, dry goods, etc.<\/p>\n

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Luckily, our tomatoes and many other crops look great.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Granddaughter, Ava, is still taking lessons and is coming along very well. Her instructor is getting her ready to begin jumping by having her trot her horse over poles on the ground. It gives her a big smile. We’re so proud of her. And grandson, Mason, just returned from joining in a group with his trumpet, playing the National Anthem at the Minnesota Twins ballgame in Minneapolis. Good job, Mason! You’re so talented!<\/p>\n

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Ava is starting to learn to jump. All this helps her learn to control her horse, not just ride around in circles.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Oh well, gotta go survey the potato bugs in the Wolf Garden. Will says they’re back<\/em>, snorting bug dust like cocaine. I’ve got some bT spray they might not like as much! If it will just stop raining now. — Jackie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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