Sad Squash

Sad Squash

Yesterday (Aug. 18) I noticed the first real signs of cucurbit decline. The vines on almost everything are getting woody and dry. There was almost no new fruit on anything. I really thought all the rain we have had and now the sunshine would make the garden perk up and get excited. It only seemed to hurry the end.

The tomatoes are just starting to make and they are getting wilted looking. The watermelon leaves are looking a little brownish. The speckled lima beans do look good and the volunteer cucumbers are still green and producing. The Chayote plant still does not have blooms; but it is growing wildly. The neighbors weeds and vines have crossed the fence to the point of being intrusive. I guess that will be my big project for the weekend, cleaning that fence-line.

The figs were producing almost ½ pint a day; but yesterday I only got 2 figs. People talk about 2 crops of figs a year. I wonder if the first crop has just finished and all of the little figs on the tree are the second crop. I am just glad the first crop was good. My wife was really distressed about the way I had cut the trees back. Maybe she won’t complain this year.




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/.