Wow! Summer's not over yet? I'm getting tired of these triple digit Temps.
The Pumpkin plant finally gave up as it just couldn't stand the heat. Even with the shades I created, just like the summer squash, they just can't take that heat. The Cantaloupe are barely hanging on. There are 5 cantaloupes on the vines and they look pretty good, but the vine gets limp in the middle of the day even with recent watering. Then it perks back up in the evening. At least the fruit don't seem to be affected like the squash were, they would wilt along with the vine during the day and fill back out in the evening as the vine perked back up. I'm betting the squash wouldn't have been very tasty after all that..... We finally just turned off the water to them and let them expire.... The Tomato plants in the Greenhouse are looking good, even though it is still hot in there in the middle of the day. I keep the doors open unless there is a lot of wind from the East.... That is not often, usually our winds come from the west.
I'm hoping that this is the last week of high temps, the raised boxes on the East side of the Greenhouse are doing just fine. There are plenty of little growing things in them. Jeanne has so much Basil that she can't keep up with it. She made Pesto with a bunch of it and froze it into cubes for use at a later date.... I just came home from shopping and find the Kitchen sink full of Basil leaves awaiting processing.... Jeanne even harvested some Lettuce yesterday. A small bag of greens in the crisper in the fridge..... So, along with the Chives, and the other veggies, we'll have a rather large harvest throughout the winter months.
All of the critters are doing well, I know they are enjoying the slightly cooler evenings. They are back to laying out in the middle of the pasture again instead of staying in the barns in front of the Coolers. Even Ben has come out from behind the water trough to lay under the Hay Trailer where he can oversee the whole yard and be the great protector......
Well, I'll have much more to report when the Temps. turn to more Fall like comfort, and the Garden responds with a growth spurt before the first frost..... Maybe that will be long enough away to allow the Greens to get some growth before harvest....
The Pumpkin plant finally gave up as it just couldn't stand the heat. Even with the shades I created, just like the summer squash, they just can't take that heat. The Cantaloupe are barely hanging on. There are 5 cantaloupes on the vines and they look pretty good, but the vine gets limp in the middle of the day even with recent watering. Then it perks back up in the evening. At least the fruit don't seem to be affected like the squash were, they would wilt along with the vine during the day and fill back out in the evening as the vine perked back up. I'm betting the squash wouldn't have been very tasty after all that..... We finally just turned off the water to them and let them expire.... The Tomato plants in the Greenhouse are looking good, even though it is still hot in there in the middle of the day. I keep the doors open unless there is a lot of wind from the East.... That is not often, usually our winds come from the west.
I'm hoping that this is the last week of high temps, the raised boxes on the East side of the Greenhouse are doing just fine. There are plenty of little growing things in them. Jeanne has so much Basil that she can't keep up with it. She made Pesto with a bunch of it and froze it into cubes for use at a later date.... I just came home from shopping and find the Kitchen sink full of Basil leaves awaiting processing.... Jeanne even harvested some Lettuce yesterday. A small bag of greens in the crisper in the fridge..... So, along with the Chives, and the other veggies, we'll have a rather large harvest throughout the winter months.
All of the critters are doing well, I know they are enjoying the slightly cooler evenings. They are back to laying out in the middle of the pasture again instead of staying in the barns in front of the Coolers. Even Ben has come out from behind the water trough to lay under the Hay Trailer where he can oversee the whole yard and be the great protector......
Well, I'll have much more to report when the Temps. turn to more Fall like comfort, and the Garden responds with a growth spurt before the first frost..... Maybe that will be long enough away to allow the Greens to get some growth before harvest....
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