Hot hot days We finally got a little shot of rain the last week Hoping for more tomorrow. The plants have suffered. We had to put a huge shade cloth over the tomato greenhouse and probably going to have to buy more shade covers. The plants don't photosynthesize well when the temperature get above 90. Most crop development has been stunted by lack and water hand extreme temps. Some of the sweet corn plantings never even emerged. The pumpkins and squash are ok. Melons are ok.
The tomatoes seemed relieved by the shade cover and are ripening nicely. I'll have them Saturdays at the mill city market and starting July 14, I'll have them at Mother Earth gardens down in longfellow, 3-6pm
Thank you Steve Nodgaard for the nice photos
Tomatoes!
Not a lot of room for optimism in a drought, however, there is this; ripe tomatoes!!
Not enough for market this weekend, however, I think by next weekend there will be enough to share.
I won't be at the market this weekend. Too much crop management.
Next weekend I'll be back at it... harvesting and baking
I've been thinking about the drought. Brings back a lot of memories from 1988.
That year is etched in every farmers mind in this region. I lost my shirt.
Dealing with it, drought, is like trying to solve a puzzle that you know doesn't have a solution.
Or maybe playing a superior chess player and in your heart and mind, you know you can't win, so you try to at least avoid blundering the Queen.
It's like that
