Monday, April 11, 2011

Farmers Market and garden update

Well, I have been selling produce again at Farmers Market. I have had lettuce, radishes and some onions. I hope this next week will be the rest of the lettuce (not much left due to the unusual heat). There are baby tomatoes on a lot of the plants and flowers on the eggplant and some peppers. Basil is growing slowly and the zinnas are starting to flower. I have alot of planting scheduled for this evening. The squash is starting to get larger and the cucumbers are almost long enough to tie to their trellis. The garlic is suffering a bit in the heat, but not much control over that. (I might have to get the shade cloth out again. Also the corn is about 1-2 inches tall. Everything was fertilized last night and I am watching the weather to see if I can spray an organic pesticide (basically a dormant oil) on my tomatoes, peppers and peas since there are aphids and mites bothering them. I don't want a full blown infestation on my hands. The jujubee tree is doing well (I need to fertilize) but the peach tree is very sad looking. Alot of the leaves are half brown and I am loosing some fruit due to the lack of rain and heavy wind. Time to start watering. We are 14" below normal for the time of Oct - now. Every time it looks like it might rain it dries up before it gets here. I know everything would really take off if I could just get some non-city water on it, but the rain barrels are virtually empty except the front yard which is for the azealas only. Ordered the drip irrigation/soaker hose today. Hopefully it ships in time to be here for the weekend. I will still have to hand water the deck plants (potatoes included) and container plants, goji berries, etc... but it will save my 30 min an evening watering.

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