Sunday, October 24, 2010

Oct 24

The garden is a wet mucky mess. We have had heavy rain for the last week. I am concerned that we will not be able to dig potatoes anytime soon, if ever. I have my fingers crossed.

Yesterday we pulled the last of the winter squash, pumpkins, and melons out of the garden. We also picked most of the remaining tomatoes, both red and green. We finished up just as it started to rain again. It rained again today.

We had our first real killing frost on Oct 13th. The tomatoes survived, but the squash and melons up and died. The only exception were the late planted zucchini plants. They are still alive but not for long. The forecast calls for snow and lows in the 20's this week.

The 4th planting of corn in laying on its side, but it just might make it. It is about a week out from being ready.



Sunday, October 3, 2010

Oct 3

We had a light frost this last week that just nipped some of the plants. The cucumbers showed the worse damage.