songbird wrote:
at last!

Nad, you might get some from this
one (if you are between Port Huron
and Detroit) . !!!

looks good for later tonight too
for more (but i won't believe it
until i hear it on the roof).

I see rain on the radar, it is raining north and south of me, I hope it
does not break up as usual when it gets to me. I could use a soaker, my
grass is like half brown half green. I have gotten enough rain so far to
fill my rain barrels and use that water between rains. But a bunch of
lights rains is ok, but I need a soaker for the corn and grass. Tomatoes
are growing nicely again as the temperatures have dropped to normal.

I have to be vigilant now, the good thing about hand watering the plants
one tends keep a watch on them. The last three days I have found nine
infamous Tomato Horn Worms (Green like Caterpillars). I remove them and
smashed them with my shoe. so far they have done very little damage and my
plants look heathy. I have thirty tomato plants growing.

it was a perfect day to be out
trimming a field and spreading it
around (for green manure). i had
just finished most of it and had
only a little to go and the first
sprinkles came down, hmm, i say,
so i finish the last bit i could
get done, wrap the cords up and
get the trimmer in. stops sprinkling.
of course. so i go back out and
spread the trimmings around and
pack a large bin (so i can feed
the worm farm tomorrow morning) and
used a bunch on the new rhubarb patch
to give them some cover and more
worm food.

The last two days was a picture perfect day. Low Eighties, nice breeze,
blue sky with white clouds floating by. I mowed and trimmed the lawn
yesterday. Today I took apart my forty year old rusted out gas grill apart
and got it ready for the scrap yard. I missed having a good steak this
summer. I am hoping for a good sale this fall on a new grill. Looking at a
small new infrared gas grills for my back deck. Some day I plan on a
building a small covered patio in the middle of the back yard garden with a
charcoal grill under it. Sorta like an outdoor kitchen, but will have to
piece it together over the years, money is tight.

took the hose out there and
gave the whole area a good soaking
as the clay was heavily cracked
and i wanted to get the dry stuff
wetted down to keep it from blowing.
then i went and rinsed out the bird
baths and got the bean patch watered.

Big cracks also in my new soon to be garden area. It will take time to
transform the soil like the rest of the yard. My main lawn has no cracks in
it. Last year that section of land was a hay field. The newly planted grass
has already made it look good from a distance. But I will add compost and
grass seed to the area each fall. In four years it should look good.

now i can hear the tomatoes singing
in happiness from getting some real
rain for a change. the cherry tomatoes
are just now starting to turn.

I see my cherry tomatoes coming in also, about two more weeks. Two cherry
100s and one Sun Gold. I hope in two weeks I will have my first complete
salad from the garden: head lettuce, cherry tomatoes, cucumbers, carrots
and celery. My peppers seemed to really suffer during the heat and the leaf
lettuce bolted.

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Enjoy Life... Nad R (Garden in zone 5a Michigan)