Rain, rain, go away…. It’s been
a wet, soggy, sodden, waterlogged week here at Auntie K’s Garden and the Urban
Farm. I know that’s a lot of modifiers,
but when you get as much rain as we’ve had this week, I think it’s
warranted. Monday half an inch of
precipitation fell. Tuesday, we got
another inch. Wednesday, we were deluged
with 4 inches of rain.
Thursday, Mother Nature added insult to injury by
dumping another half inch. That’s 6
inches of rain in less than a week.
The contractor finished the new gutters on the west side of the house
before the deluge began, but wasn’t able to finish on the east side. And, with all that rain, we had water not
only outside, but inside, too. Riverman
squeegeed water in the basement for several days. And, the sump pump has been filling every 15
minutes. We’re supposed to have warm,
sunny weather this weekend, which we and the crops will appreciate after a week
of steady and heavy rain.
The Riverman was excited to see blossoms on the Celebrity tomatoes
this week – finally! And, there’s a
weensy cherry tomato forming. We’ve been
harvesting the kale on a daily basis for the smoothies, and it just keeps
coming! This really is the way to go
rather than purchasing greens during the summer months. The vining spinach is finally making a go of
it – even without a fence.
The cukes and the squash are going crazy! Last year, the cukes struggled. This year, they’re thriving. We can’t believe how HUGE the leaves
are!
The berries are all doing well, too.
Unfortunately, a creature got one of the strawberries that was starting
to ripen. We’re hoping they leave us a
few. (I may need to put a fence around
the strawberry box to ensure we do get to enjoy at least a handful of berries.)
My monarch caterpillar buddies have all disappeared. I hope this means they have found places to make
their chrysalises and not that they’ve been snatched up by a predator.
That’s the crop report for this week.
What’s happening in your garden?!
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