Hey there,
How are your gardens doing? What’s gone well this year, and where are you having problems?
Things are looking good for me so far. Like every year, I had some trouble with black bean aphids on my fava beans, but that seems to have resolved itself (even though the affected plants aren’t yielding much).
I’m happy with my onions and potatoes… does anyone know why some of my onion sets are deciding to go to seed?
Wishing you all a great week!
I’m not doing a lot of gardening this year because I'm getting everything rebuilt for next year. So far rebuilt my chicken run, next is a new coop, then im going to install the 2 dozen metal raised beds I bought once I can get the weeds knocked down. Considering building a greenhouse over the space as well.
The stuff I am running this year is doing….. my potatoes seem to have died last week, 2/3 of my raspberries died, 1/4 of my grape vines died.. we get a week of brutal heat followed by days of drowning wet. Is just hard on them, and insects are exploding.
I hope this shitty summer means my lawn grass dies the rest of the way this year. I’ve been overseeding with clover for years because it stays green through august when we get real hot and dry. I’d love the clover and violets to take over the rest of it. They already took over under my trees and most of the back yard, and I love never mowing those places. They are adapted for the sort of weather we get here and don’t die nearly as easily from this climate abuse.