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SUNDAY UPDATE: No camera edition.
I need to replace my old camera (RIP after nearly 60k photos.) You get a 7-year old photo of the lower garden instead.
•I'm currently neck deep in tomato harvest. I'm getting 30-60lbs of produce every 3rd day now (depending on weather it seems.) The pumpkin hill is showing signs of squash bug damage more and more now. I most likely need to do some leaf trimming ear the center of the hill. Hopefully, the harvest will go well. If it does, I'll have enough canned pumpkin to skip a couple years for pumpkin planting which will seriously interrupt the pest cycle.
•The garden of clay is already winding down for most of the crops. However, it has most of the tomato plant cuttings which are just now starting to ripen with fruit. It is really nice having 3 sets of tomato plants. Just as one set starts to get too tall and a bit old the next set starts producing.
•Succession/successive planting is a strategy I use to get around rainy season problems. However, this year it seems the rainy season just hasn't stopped at all. At least it is nice and hot which helps dry most things out before mold and rot sets in. I'm still waiting for a dry day so I can dig up the rest of the purple potatoes and replant them in the main garden.
•I've lost most of the garden paths to vines now. Pumpkin Hill has flooded over into the main garden and lower garden. Watering with a hose is a pain since It is difficult to keep the hose from crushing vines. I hang it on the fence now. I've started saving seeds from tomatoes, catnip, and watermelon. I need to let some yellow crookneck squash go to seed before the plants die.
