Animal Corn June 20

Saw the first blossom on the eggplant.  Not the one the mole bothered, but its sister in the row.  This one is three times the size of the injured one and looks like it has lots of blossoms to come.

This is my first year trying shallots.  They have just put up their first seed heads, not open yet, but you don’t really want them to blossom.  I will pick the blossoms off so the energy from the roots will maker bigger shallots.  (Shallots are milder on the tummy than onions.)

What a rainy week.  Good for the garden and getting things growing, but miserable to do anything outside.

I don’t usually post on Sunday, but feel I must say that we are safe from the terrible wind and rain storm we had today.  The wind felt more like a tornado than a thunderstorm.  We could see the cloud line coming — dark and roiling.  Worst I have ever seen.  The wind was horizontal…

I am not allergic to bee stings.  Thankfully.  Today I caught a bee off a small clover blossom between my big toe and my sandal sole.  Yep, stung me.  So comical to be jumping around trying to get the sandal off with my hands full of veggies from the garden!

To make watering easier, I put a drip line among the cucumbers.  A drip line has tiny holes along its length and a cap on the end.  It is connected to the regular hose water supply.  When turned on, a small trickle of water is released from each hole allowing lots of plants to be…