May 29 this is the garden.
June 6. Plants are growing. I keep having bad luck with the cold weather none of the seeds germinate.
June 13. We went camping for 5 days when we returned home corn finally came up and is about 6" tall. I hilled up the corn to hold the plants straight up because I know TN weather we will surely have a few bad storms before summer is over. The soil hill holds the moisture and makes the corn grow taller and faster.
June 18. WOW we had a big storm yesterday evening 60 mph wind and lots of rain. The garden was under 2" of water for an hour. Potato plants and onions have blown over. It is good I used cement rebar this year to hold up the tomato cages. Corn is taller and it did not blow over.
June 19. OK I cheated. I used 10 foot long EMT conduit to make straight rows for planting seeds it was easier and faster than string. LOL. Tomato plants on this end of the garden are still the shortest 4 feet tall they get full sun all day. Tomatoes plants on the other end of the garden get full shade after 12 noon they are 6 feet tall. Soil in the shade has more moisture so maybe that helps the tomato plants grow taller or maybe they grow taller in search of more sun light. ? Tomatoes sure are loaded with tomatoes I think we may be in a panic soon trying to deal with 50 lbs of ripe tomatoes all at once.
Melons and sweet potatoes are going good. I planted 4 more tomato plants and another short row of beans. These new tomatoes are growing fast. Now we have about 7 different type tomatoes.
My cat is helping me inspect the garden she spends most of the day sleeping under a tall tomato plant where it is shady and cool. There has been no grass or weeds at all since I planted the garden but it looks like I might need to look for my hoe I have not needed it yet this year. Garden is too muddy for me to walk in so maybe about Wed or Thursday I can do a little weeding.
Beans, peppers, onions, potatoes, squash are all looking good.
Potatoes and onions were looking good until the storm blew them down flat on the ground. Okra is still short but that is how okra does soon as it gets blistering hot and dry okra will do better.
Mud is really bad but it will be gone soon today is Sunday a day of rest I don't plan to do anything today.
I hope to have a good crop of potatoes this year. I put wood ash on them every evening after we BBQ on the grill I know potatoes need a lot of potash. I burn maple tree sticks in the grill. Potato plants were about 2 feet tall before the storm.
The garden produced an ok crop of garlic and 2 yellow squash so far. I harvested a few potatoes and onions early for a pot of beef stew. I have a kitchen stove outside for canning this will keep the heat out of the house in the 100 degree weather. Mason jars are ready, beans look like they should be ready to harvest in a few more days and tomatoes should be ready soon maybe another week or 2, sometimes its hard to tell about tomatoes but when they start to get ripe they all get ripe at once.
