Day after day for weeks now, rain and thunderstorms. Every time I start to work in the garden other problems crop up or there are bolts of lightning flying. I did get most of the plants transplanted but the peppers are still waiting plus a few things I started along with all the other unfinished chores. I have the pots but haven't redone the potatoes. The asparagus is in the bottom of the fridge and the Jerusalem artichokes are sprouting on my washer. Sigh.
The only thing producing is the strawberries. They are putting out about 3 to 4 berries every day or two. Sometimes I have to toss a few because they rot before I can get to them.
The onions are totally gone. They drowned in all this rain. They had looked so gorgeous and suddenly the tops died and they are rotting. I still have a bag of onion sets that I was going to put out in late May but I think I am going to save them for the early fall.
The cabbage have giant leaves but nothing is heading. The Brussels sprouts - nothing!! They have not changed one iota since the day I planted them. The broccoli is finally growing a little since last week. The fig trees are finally beginning to grow and leaf out nicely but the blueberries don't look much different from the day I planted them. The spinach drowned and my lettuce refuses to grow.
They only thing that seems to be thriving in all of this is the tomato plants. They all look great and are lush.
In the meantime, I am still finding a mouse here and there. There was a small one floating in the dogs water bucket this morning and I saw one scurry from under the dog's house. I poured almost an entire canister of that fox/bobcat urine under there but it doesn't seem to be discouraging them.
I also need to get some more borax. I found 3 planters covered in ants yesterday. I need to clear them out so I can start my melons in them. Guess that will be my project tomorrow or the next day.
Happy Gardening,
Linda B:)
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