At last! Thursday last week we woke to rain...and it rained for three whole days! I got about an inch and a half out at the house, although just a few miles north of me they had over three inches! Still, I'll take it. It started off as a heavy rain - so heavy, in fact, that when I drove thru Napoleon on the way to work Thursday morning, there was a lake in front of the gas station and a whirlpool circling the drain in the road (in truth, some of this might have simply been the result of ground too hard from drought to soak up the rain as it fell). By late morning, however, it had let up, and for the next two days it was mostly misting - light rain that could soak in.
I picked more corn - and more beans. That's what's producing right now.
I was very excited to find one blue kernel on one of the ears of Painted Hills.
Watermelons are growing on the vines - how does one know when they are ready to pick, though? And if the squash beetles leave 'em alone, I should have lots of butternut squash this fall.
The spuds have tried to rally - they are sending out some new leaves, but with them are coming a new batch of CPBs. Grrr. I may have to give up potatoes. :(
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