The squash is continuing to die off due to squash bugs. I posted a picture at the bottom of this post that shows how bad it is. Most of the bugs in the picture are immature.
We have had more wind this summer then I can remember having in the 11 years that we have been here. The nice thing about the drip is that I can water even if it is windy. The irrigation water amount is down to about 6000 gallons a day. I need to take advantage of every gallon.
I dug some Yukon Gold potatoes for dinner today and they were near perfect. The vines of all the potatoes are dying off. I noticed that they were starting to dig spuds in Idaho this week when I was up there on Thursday. This seems early and I will try to hold off until October if I can to dig ours.
The honeydew melons look to be almost ripe and the small tentacle vine on the watermelons are starting to dry up. I have several watermelons that are in the 20 lbs range. This is a complete turn around from last year.
The tomatoes are still green. They have not had water for a week now and they don't seem to mind one bit.
