Tomatoes are so tall now I had to tie them up to the fence. I use rags that are soft strips of cloth. There are many flowers and suckers. Flowers are good. I tickle them each day. Suckers are bad. They sprout at the junction of the stem and a leaf stalk or come up through the ground from the roots. I pinch these off, being careful not to injure the main stem.
I love this time of evening: the birds are flitting off to their night perches, the sun is down, the sunset has faded, the air is cool and refreshing, the fireflies are flashing about, — all is peaceful and quiet. I take a minute to sit in the lawn chair by the burn pit, breathe…
Plants are covered with little berries which are starting to show some red. Can’t wait for them to ripen! They are so sweet. Birds don’t seem to be bothering them much. I put flash tape up to scare the birds off, which doesn’t bother the bees’ pollinating exuberance.
Many white potatoes stored in the root cellar over winter have sprouted. Cut them up yesterday and set them out to dry a bit. Planting 6 rows today 4 feet apart and 2 feet between plants. This spacing will give them plenty of growing space. Potatoes are the most nutrient-dense vegetable. Wide-apart rows leave plenty…
Planted 2nd patch of green beans. First patch sprouted.
Spent most of the morning hands-and-knees weeding the winter beans. They are now 6 inches tall. Then the massive thunderstorm hit. No damage. And I enjoyed relaxing a bit while watching its fury from the dry-ness of my porch.
Had a whopper of a thunderstorm storm last evening. Worst I have seen in a long while. Put the electricity out for hours and into the night. We have surge protectors for the fridge, freezer and computers, but the clocks show an outage of more than 2 hours. We have emergency lighting, candles, flashlights and…
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