We pulled 1600 ears of corn  july 3rd for canning and freezing, another 600 ears today, The other 8 rows of candy corn will start coming off in about a week, if we get some rain.

 

We picked 2 five gallon buckets of butter beans today as well, and Monday, we picked 5 five gallon buckets of string beans.

 

The Crowder peas ain't quite ready yet -but there's a lot of pods on the vines.

 

I pulled the last of the   cabbages this afternoon, 33 head, and got the  two rows ready for planting the late Tomatoes.

 

Squash, and Zuccinni is measured by #3 washtubs -can't give it away. The Cucumber's have inudated us, we have three crocks soaking in brine right now, and two in alum so my sister's and wife will probably start pickling them in the next couple of days. The excess we toss over to the chickens and hogs.

 

Saturday I plan on discing up whats left of the Corn, and planting the fall string beans there.

 

The family's had a garden of about 4 acres at the old home place since 1963.  We all help with the planting, weeding and harvesting, shelling, shucking,  canning and freezing -year round. We already have the Turnip, Kale and Mustard seed ready to go for after labor day, and have the collard plants lined up for late September planting - if it ain't too hot.

we haven't really started on the apples and pears although  my #3 sister did have us peel about two bushels of green apples for drying and insisted that we pick the blackberries this year - she put up about 30 quarts -what the grandkids, nephews and nieces didn't eat.

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You should probably use what my previous reply alludes to for fertilizer instead of thinking... at least then it'll be put to good use.

 

It seems you have to do a lot of watering, judging by the hoses.

 

But here's a little educational tip for you:

 

 For tomatos the best temperature range for ripening is between 68 and 77 degrees. At that temperature, you'll have a large batch of the delicious red, yellow or orange globes ready for the table. .

 

The Potato is a cool-season vegetable that ranks with wheat and rice as one of the most important staple crops in the human diet around the world. The white potato is referred to as the "Irish potato" because it is associated with the potato famine in Ireland in the 19th century. Potatoes are not roots but specialized underground storage stems called "tubers." Maximal tuber formation occurs at soil temperatures between 60° and 70°F. The tubers fail to form when the soil temperature reaches 80°F.

 

June this year the average temperature was 83 degrees, Four days were above 90 degrees as in the 100 plus range.