{"id":11035,"date":"2025-06-25T20:53:38","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T00:53:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/?p=11035"},"modified":"2025-06-25T20:53:38","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T00:53:38","slug":"wow-its-both-cool-and-rainy-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/2025\/06\/25\/wow-its-both-cool-and-rainy-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Wow, it&#8217;s both cool and rainy today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>But that&#8217;s a good thing, as our friend Heather is saving my life by weeding in the hoop house, among our sweet peppers, which were overcome by Lamb&#8217;s Quarter weeds. In there, it&#8217;s not raining, and it is warmer than outside. Thank God for good friends! Getting down to weed is the bane of my existence right now. I can almost get down onto my five-gallon bucket seat. Just lack about two inches more. I&#8217;m working on that daily!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11036\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11036\" style=\"width: 1600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Heather-weeding_1218.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11036\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Heather-weeding_1218.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Heather-weeding_1218.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Heather-weeding_1218-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Heather-weeding_1218-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Heather-weeding_1218-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Heather-weeding_1218-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Heather-weeding_1218-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Heather-weeding_1218-1068x712.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Heather-weeding_1218-630x420.jpg 630w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11036\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Heather is saving our peppers in the hoop house from weeds.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Will and I got the last of the tomatoes staked and caged. We were short of cages (imagine that!), so I pulled the tall cages from the determinate tomatoes and Will cut them in half to gain enough. Just perfect!<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11037\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11037\" style=\"width: 1600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Tomatoes-caged_1214.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11037\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Tomatoes-caged_1214.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Tomatoes-caged_1214.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Tomatoes-caged_1214-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Tomatoes-caged_1214-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Tomatoes-caged_1214-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Tomatoes-caged_1214-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Tomatoes-caged_1214-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Tomatoes-caged_1214-1068x712.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Tomatoes-caged_1214-630x420.jpg 630w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11037\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">We got the tomatoes all staked and caged yesterday. Will also tilled between the plants.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I got the cabbage, broccoli, and cauliflower planted in the Main Garden, as well as two rows of carrots. I also re-planted the carrots and Marrowfat beans in the Wolf Garden as they hadn&#8217;t germinated well. Carrots, not at all. Spots of the Central, North, and Wolf Gardens are way too wet, due to all the rain lately so I&#8217;m sure I&#8217;ll be tilling and replanting the corn that was in there. The weeds are doing great though.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_11038\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-11038\" style=\"width: 1600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Iris_1224.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11038\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Iris_1224.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1067\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Iris_1224.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Iris_1224-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Iris_1224-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Iris_1224-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Iris_1224-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Iris_1224-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Iris_1224-1068x712.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/JackieClay\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Iris_1224-630x420.jpg 630w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-11038\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Our flowers look so nice this year. It sure lifts the spirits to see them.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Our flowers are doing so nice this year, both the peonies and iris. They sure make every day a little brighter. &#8212; Jackie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>But that&#8217;s a good thing, as our friend Heather is saving my life by weeding in the hoop house, among our sweet peppers, which were overcome by Lamb&#8217;s Quarter weeds. In there, it&#8217;s not raining, and it is warmer than outside. Thank God for good friends! 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