And it is still hot as hell. Wednesday’s (9/23) garden yielded 1 tomato the size of a golf ball and one okra pod. The last rain in Charlotte was Sept. 11. The last rain on my garden was way before that. Finally today, Sunday (9/26), it is raining in Charlotte again. Hopefully it is raining on my garden too.
The mulberries and grapes are so dry the leaves are turning brown. I cut a bunch of scions this morning and put them to soak in water. The rooting hormone, which is always in the way, was hiding this morning, so the scions will be planted in wet sand when the hormone sneaks out and gets caught.
All of the fallow beds have been re-worked and covered with mulch. Everything for the fall garden has sprouted except the spinach and lettuce which haven’t been planted and the onions which are probably waiting on rain. The mustard is almost ready to start picking. If this rain cools the soil a little, the spinach and lettuce can go in the ground.
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/
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