On 08/05/2011 09:52 AM, Snag wrote:
of freshly picked cantalope is wafting throughout my house . When I went
out to check the garden early this morning , I could smell the aroma when I
was still several feet away . Touched the stem and it fell off the fruit ,
so it's sittin' on my kitchen counter right now . I picked one the other day
, but got it just a tiny bit too early and it wasn't as sweet as I like -
the neighbor down the street got that one . Now if this steenkin' heat wave
would break , maybe my 'maters would start setting fruit again . Hasn't been
a bumper year for them , but there's still hope ! Got a few on the plants ,
and some are starting to ripen . Now all I gotta do is beat the bugs to them
!

Just what part of the country are you located in?
You probably couldn't stand some real heat like we
have in West Texas. You probably, at least get rain
once in a while. Without an AC I would have died long
ago. The news said it's the hottest & driest first
seven months of the year since 1890.

I suspect by "maters" you mean tomatoes. The heat is what
seems like the culprit that is keeping mine from producing.
The beets, turnips, cabbage, kohlrabi and many others didn't
have a chance this year. The egg plant look like they're
starting to produce. Zucchini & green beans are doing good.

The only vegetation doing good is mesquite, and the only
animal life(so called) doing good are ants. We don't need
either one of those. If you stand in the wrong spot at night
you find big black ants crawling on you quick. "Deep Woods Off"
sprayed at the entrance of the garage keeps the ants out.
Amdro just makes them dig another entrance somewhere else.

Good luck with the heat & gardening.

--
Desert West Texas
GOOD NIGHT, Mrs. Calabash--wherever you are!