Well good morning, Listening to the Golden Turnip Hour on WGDR this morning. Where has June gone? July presents the hope that it will continue to be nice and warm and dry. All in all vegetables are looking really good. A little behind schedule but that is due more to my being disorganized and very distracted with other goings on. Insects are causing the bulk of the problems. Cucumber beetles and 2 types of chafer beetle----Asiatic and Rose to be exact. The Asiatic are real stinkers because the live just under the soil surface and come out at night to feed on just about anything but prefer my eggplant and peppers. cucumbers are looking to be in a bit of trouble with Anthracnose on some and then I believe Angular Leaf Spot ripping through my Japanese hierloom cucumbers. Which taste great by the way. Very long slender cuke with very little center. They have been tasting sweet for a cucumber. So far the tomatoes are looking awesome. Plenty of fruit and real healthy happy looking plants. Need to get my field tomato all staked. Am buying another greenhouse this year also. Small one, for use as a heated potting shed. The inefficiency with my current seed starting set up is just killing me. The deer continue to be pleasantly absent so far. So let's see what else is up around here...........
My farm help this year continue to do a great job and really keep the place looking great. Really need to get after weeding this week in the pathways before they get too big. Really wishing the summer squash would come in. They are close, need to put some drainage in the beds between the two greenhouses. Still way too wet in there.
Nice being at market and getting a chance to talk to everyone. Lot's of fun greens so far this season in particular the Senposai. A neat hybrid between cabbage and mustard greens. Great for stir fry or raw in a salad. Looks kind of like a collard green but much more tender with a nice flavor to it.
So off to do paperwork.....the critically dull side of farming.
