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Oh my I did not post here yesterday.
I hope everyone had a great 4 th of July!!

Thanks for the rain. It's rained a little bit for the last several days.

Aw, Sunny, how nice of you.

I try.

Now would you like some temps over 100* and thunderstorms?? That's todays and tomorrows weather.

Same here but "only" in the 90's..LOL

It is not doing anything yet
.I think we are supposed to be ok rain/storm wise until late afternoon. Time will tell.

Rained all night long. Everything looks so fresh and green today and the humidity has my hair blown out like an afro

I am glad you are getting your share of the rain Bestofour.

I need a dry day here to get my yard mowed and trimmed, we are under a heat warning but the first dry day....I'm tackling it. The garden is loving this weather though.

Yes, my yard is loving it too. Today I got another gallon of blackberries, and there is more to come.
If somebody could come and clean my bathroom and scrub my kitchen floor, that would be great.

How did your garden fair out, Bestofour?

Yes, Sheri..very good question. I am now getting tomatoes, I still have lettuce and I next week I will be digging potatoes. Also I am still getting blackberries.

Goodnight all.

Good morning. I wish everyone a fantastic Sunday.

Happy Monday!!

Happy Tuesday, back at you.

And a happy Tuesday to you !

My garden ended up doing ok but it's about over. I got lots and lots of cucumbers, a nice amount of squash, and I can't complain about the tomato production. Okra is still coming in but has been slow.

That all sounds good, Bestofour. How do you prepare your okra ??

Mmmm fresh cucumbers, mine are only starting to flower now...my mouth waters just thinking of them.

I slice up the okra and oven fry it in olive oil. I love it.

Thanks..If I can find some, I will try that. Perhaps our "fancy" grocery store here will carry it.
Temp. & Time please.

I cannot wait for fresh bush beans. You can't even find okra here in a store, are you eating tomatoes yetJunie?

Yes, I am. Many nice tomatoes. The first ones were mushy tasting ( too much rain I guess) But these of late are delicious. We have had bacon-lettuce- & tomato sandwiches once and are again tonight. My only complaint is I am getting a lot of bigger cherry tomatoes and just occasionally larger sandwich sized ones. I think I have too many plants for my 6 ft. Beds. I should have bought the 8 ft. raised beds. But I didn't know that was an option until it was too late.

I got about 20-30 pounds of potatoes this year as well, ( I only planted like 6 hills) but they are slow to cook to the done stage. I wonder about that.

It is a cooler day today. It began in the 60's and is only in the 70's right now so Color me happy.

That is a great haul, my tomato plant in the large pot has blossom end rot. Every tomato is affected, thankfully all the plants in the ground are fine...knock on wood.

Well yes for the space I have, it is a good return
Nothing like what I used to plant but it is at least something

I too have a bit of blossom end rot, but not a lot. And the small ones are not affected at all. So yay.

I heard that crushing up Tums and adding it to the soil might work so we'll see if it does or not.

Can't we buy calcium to add to the soil ?? OR wouldn't bone meal add calcium to the soil ? And I have bone meal here.

Did you read how much to add ? & How often ?

Bone meal would work but I have none, it just said to add three crushed Tums to water and pour into the soil.

I put an egg shell in each hole before I plant a tomato to prevent blossom end rot. Let me know if the Tums works.

Yes let us all know. I collected egg shells for months, to add to the hole when I planted my tomatoes. Mind you the crushed up egg shells are still in a cabinet in my laundry area. I do have bone meal as well. I guess it works better if you actually add it to your soil, huh ??

Maybe if you just hold the egg shells up and show them to the plants.

I've not felt well for about a week; having trouble breathing; I'm getting tired of this.

IMO there seem to be a lot of new viruses going around these days.

Best go see the Dr., nurse lady.

I second that, I in fact am in the same boat. I ended up needing a prescription for a puffer and some Brochophan.

How are you doing, Sunny ??

I'm going to the doctor tomorrow. This is getting ridiculous.

Yes, p!ease do. Then be sure to let us know how you are doing as soon as you can. Good luck !!

Bronchitis. Got an antibiotic and prednisone so I'm on the mend. Only good thing is I lost weight which I'll immediately regain as soon as I'm better.

Walked out to the pear tree this afternoon. The tree was here 24 years ago when we bought this property, has never put out a person edible pear but the deer always strip it as high as they can reach. But today there were big, soft, sweet, beautiful pears on it (those which the deer hadn't eaten) so I brought them in and am trying to figure out what to do with them. It's not a whole bunch, remember the deer, but it's enough for me. Strange things happen around here

Carol, sent you a message through messenger.

Got the message thanks.
Make yourself a small 1-1/2 C. Pear crisp. Use a peach recipe and cut it down. You need no bottom crust and you can use a crumb mixture for the topping..yummy.

Glad that you got a DX and some meds. Take care my friend.

Good to hear you are on the mend Bestofour.

Good evening everyone !!

Back at ya!

I just got in from watering some of my garden....and I am so grateful for picking my first bowl of pickling cukes.

I wish I had more room to plant. If I did I would have planted some cucumbers
It seems in the US a lot of the cucumbers here were contaminated or some such and they were recalled.
I really want to make a cucumber/onion/tomato salad. But I guess I will have to wait until next year.