Gardening on the Huzzah Creek

[Ranger J]

Down on the banks of the beautiful Huzzah Creek things are real dry.  Up here in the Ozarks the soil is real sandy with rock under it and if we don get water to the garden real regular it soon burns up.  I didn’t get a ripe tomato by July 4th and it looks like I will be lucky to get one by Aug. 4, but look out after that.  The zucchinis have chosen to live this year and when this happens my friends start locking their car doors to avoid finding little surprises in them.  My wife has already exhausted her water aerobics group with produce and I guess we will start working on the church ladies next.  The cucumbers are doing well and the okra is just starting to bloom.  All in all if I can keep pumping water to the raised beds the garden should be the best it has been in years.  How are your gardens doing this year?
RJ

[jvs]

Most Gardens in my general area have been stunted by a cooler than normal Spring, a lack of rain for most of April and May.  Then floods for parts of June. 

While the weather is finally getting seasonal, I think it is too late to have a normal productive vegetable year.  The Corn and Soy Bean fields around here are doing fantastic, but the spring hay was a bust.  I understand that Wheat did not do so good here.

I guess this is only affecting a small section of the country where the Canadian air has be working overtime this year.  The bright spot is that alot of the tropical systems are also being pushed farther east, so not muct of a Tropical Storm or Hurricane threat.... so far.

[D.C.]

My garden is in a postage stamp sized spot of sun in the redwoods I have different problems to over come but the battle seems the same. Small though it is this is turning out to be one of my better garden years. This my be because i have been working on the house this year and have been here and done more of the gardening chores in a timely maner this year. For me in this light starved garden, a bumper crop of zucchini is when i dont have to buy any for a few months. I have never been the guy that has to give it away sience I moved under the trees. Tomatoes are doing good we will see if any turn red this year.Takes longer without light.some years they turn red before the frost kills the vine thats how i measure a good tomatoe year. So far it is looking good, and I have eaten cucumbers too.  So all in all I would have to say my garden is doing real well. But if I had to survive off of what I grew I would wither up and die. I am looking forward to gardening in the sun again. That is one of must haves on my list for the new place. A good place to garden.I guess that just means different challenges to deal with.Hope things continue to grow well for you RJ.
 Will you be getting any salad crops this year jvs? they should do ok in a shorter season.          D.C. Don

[D.C.]

Sept. 4  some of the tomatoes are turning red! It is turning out to be a good year here, too. D.C.