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Bill who putters wrote:

Just outside tearing out some squash suffering from too much shade
just big leaves this in about 95F with a dew point over 70. Yea I know
I can eat the flowers but the light they take takes from some other
valued plants. Whew cool down due in 2 days.

Nearly 100°F here, yesterday. Not too bad but we haven't acclimated to
the heat yet. It's supposed to cool down through the week and then heat
up again next week. It's not bad here, but we need to go to the Central
Valley, at least once a week, and it gets hot in Sacramento.

I finally got to untangling some Swiss chard that was set to germination
in April. They were suffering in two, small, germination cell 6-packs.
If they all survive, I think I'll be set for Swiss chard for the rest of
my life (29 of them).

I hope one day to figure out the root garden. It seems that everything
is in bloom; radishes, onions, parsnips, celery root, dandelion, borage.
Where are the plants supposed to grow? The beets, and a few assorted
lettuces are being overwhelmed but the flowers are festive;O)

One of my successes for the year is finding a good spot for my lettuce.
Up at the top of the yard, against the ivy covered fence, they get
morning and mid-day sun, but slip into the shadows for the afternoon. I
don't know if this is new to anyone, but I spray the lettuce about 30
min. before I pick it, and it is much crispier.

One flowering parsnip is up to 7' now. It is only behind the sunflower
because it is leaning on a potato cage. The potatoes are about 5' tall.
All in all, not bad for 6 hours of full sun. Yeah, I know, it goeth
before the fall, but if you got it, flaunt it;O)
Seems like it is taking forever to figure out the best way to garden (a
little over 600 sq. ft.) on my little plot of land, on a north facing
slope, under trees. Fortunately, the road is just up the hill from me,
and allows me sunlight.
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- Billy
"Fascism should more properly be called corporatism because it is the
merger of state and corporate power." - Benito Mussolini.
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