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Monday, July 16, 2007
Rain Causes Growth Spurt
Last week we had three and a half inches of rain fall on the farm. It
caused the creek to rise a little and clear out some of the downed tree
limbs. Now, I've noticed that the mums, gourd vines and pumpkin vines
have really surged in growth. After tilling the mums and the grass being
pulled, the mums in the patch are noticably bigger.
The
pumpkin vines have almost completely covered the ground in their patch.
The
apple gourd vines on the left and the small birdhouse gourd vines on the
right have grown and are covering their section of the patch.
The
sweet corn has started making ears, now if we can keep racoons and deer
away while the ears mature we will be lucky and have some good eating.
I
have already picked three ripe tomatoes off of these vines and you can
see there are a couple about ready to pick.
I
just wiped one of them off and bit in. That is the best kind of tomato,
the one I pick and eat right out of the patch. I took two of the three
back to the house though.
