Catching up from the Rain

Catching up from the Rain

Tuesday the ground was just too wet to mess around in the garden. Yesterday (Wednesday) started catch-up time. Everything grew like crazy. I picked a big enough bag of salad greens to give some away and still have a good salad on Tuesday. They need to be picked again. I picked a huge bag of mixed greens for a friend and did not make a dent in the rows.

The potatoes jumped about 6”. They had to be mulched again; but this is the last time. Any more mulch will just fall off. The squash was worked and weeded and mulched to about 3” deep. More can be added later if needed. The tortuous job of tying up tomatoes began. This is a job that will last till the end of August when they finally get so high there is no place to tie them.

Mulch may be a problem. It takes about 3 wheelbarrow loads to do one row. There are several rows that still need to be mulched. I may have to pick up some leaves on the side of the road again. My little convertible hates being used as a pickup truck.




David Segrest is an International REALTOR in Charlotte, NC. His email is david@segrestrealty.com , His webpage is http://www.segrestrealty.com , and his international real estate blog is http://dointernationalrealestate.blogspot.com/.