On Sep 15, 8:49*pm, "DogDiesel" wrote:
Hello,

I'm hoping for some input. I'm pretty much done gardening this year. *.
I've got a few tomatoes and peppers left. *My eggplants did awesome. I'm
looking forward to next year already and my improvements. *Here's my biggest
issue to overcome. I cant tell when my veggies are ready to be pulled. I
left the corn too long to the point the kernals *got a little crinkly and
soft. *The eggplants were lenient but should of been pulled. * *Some lettuce
bolted then I realized it was time. * Some yellow tomatoes got real soft
last month. . *I pulled some onion sets real early. *Then lost the rest to
weeds mostly.

I've managed to get the weeds in check . The piles of hay *and ground cover
actually worked really well. *Ruth Stout wasn't full of crap. My work load
on weeds. was down about 75% .

Bug issues were not an issue . I only had bugs on fallen tomatoes. Flea
beetles early on *the eggplants. *And Japanese beetles were held in check by
sacrificing the grapes for the corn.

I have more trouble with ants in the house then bugs in the garden.

For corn you pull back the husk a little and pinch open one of the
kernels. If the liquid is clear it's not ready and needs to go
another day or two. If the liquid is milky then it's ready. If
there's little or no liquid then it's too late.