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Thread #134670 Message #3184472
Posted By: Stilly River Sage
09-Jul-11 - 01:51 PM
Thread Name: BS: Mudcat Gardeners report - 2011
Subject: RE: BS: Mudcat Gardeners report - 2011
I've pulled the soaker hose from one garden where simply nothing will thrive, if it manages to grow. I think the tree nearby has something to do with it - not the shade, but perhaps the ability to be toxic to other plants nearby. It's a theory I'm working on.
Cantaloupe continue to grow, the rest of the garden just bakes in the heat. I picked a couple of buckets of wild mustang grapes last week and some this morning, and have steam juiced the lot to get a gallon and a half of juice for jelly. I bought a flat of peaches to can. Good thing the freezer is still full of a lot of stuff, and I still have a few jars of tomatoes I canned in the fall of 2009. I need to finish those this year, and hope for a good fall crop here to refresh my supply.
SRS