Here is the backyard mater patch. There are about 115 plants here.
Here just below the mater patch is the cool weather veggie section with some onions, beets, lettuce, radishes, and spinach. Many things have been planted twice. The ground was too dry much of the time to germinate the seeds.
125 tomato plants should keep any kitchen well supplied! Two beautiful looking patches, and such beautiful country! Reminds me a whole lot of up here, so I guess I'm partial to it... haha. Thanks for sharing, Jim!
Makes my mouth water Ours never seem to make until about the middle of July nomatter what ya do.The best you can hope for is the 4th and that gets ya braggin rights. :lol:
We have had a week of cool, dry weather and low humidity here Dave. Great for farmin' chores, but not much good for veggies and mater ripening. I had rite many this time last year. I figure July 4 before they get here in abundance.
An uncommon early May freeze in the middle of KY last night with a low of 29 degrees.
There has been only four times it has gotten below 32 in my part of KY in my 60 years according to the local weather gurus.
May 10 1966, May 9 1976, May 7 2002 and this morning. Which set a new record low...
This article was in a local paper this morning. Here in flue cured tobacco country the amount grown has decreased rapidly over the last few years. Bulk barns and specialized tobacco equipment rust away. We grew our last crop in 2004 , the year the buyout was approved. We sold carryover 2004...
This article with pics was in a local paper yesterday. The pick-your-own operations are facing real problems unless they can adapt to current situations. A local blueberry farmer I know has already decided not to open his farm this year...
The mild winter has been kind to our late-planted collards. Some kale and turnip greens are still producing. It has been nice to have fresh backyard veggies this time of year.
I picked up a little over 100LBS of pecans this year with about 5 LBS more to go. I have 5 trees and I got about 90% from 1 tree 9% from another one and the other 3 trees didn't do hardly anything. The second tree is a harder shell and much larger than the other 4, but what is lacked in quanity...
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