With all this heat and dryness, I'm trying to focus on the positives, because staring at the thermometer when it reads like this just makes me grumpy:
Due to Ryan's diligent watering schedule, we're preparing to harvest sweet corn in the next few days. We don't have the height on our plants, but they're doing a decent job producing . . . maybe not the bumper crop we were thinking of when we planted those crazy long rows, but still, enough.
I can not say the same for the sunflowers, from all those seeds we saved and then planted . . .
The germination and then survival rate was rather low. Not sure what the story was . . . the seeds, the weather, or hungry critters raiding our seed bed.
Our green bean plants look lovely, especially with all the mulching to hold back the weeds, but seem to be in a state of perpetual blooming. Flowers for over a week, but can't seem to find any baby green beans.
Plants that love hot weather are the super stars of the garden this year. Here are the sweet potatoes and cantaloupe. Can you tell where one row ends and the other begins? Me neither!
Marigolds and zinnias are doing pretty well too . . .
