We’ve finally had a few weeks of less than scorching temperatures. Almost nothing in my garden survived August. The beans, squash, radishes, and spinach all withered away eventually. I was out of the state for most of June, so I wasn’t able to give the garden the daily attention it needed. The heat hit while I was gone.
The peppers, tomatoes, eggplant, cabbage, kohlrabi, and greens survived, though they didn’t thrive. With the cooler temperatures and intermittent rain, they should get back on their feet and produce something.
I’m running a little late with planting for fall. I put in a fresh round of radishes, another cabbage, some lettuce, and arugula. Today’s rain should help them get a good start. Radishes only take a few weeks from planting to picking if it’s not too hot. The greens should do well until it freezes sometime in December. I’m thinking about putting some onions in as well since those seem to like colder weather.
You may have noticed that the website has changed. My hosting company decided that I needed to move servers on short notice, so I’ve moved this site to StableHost, the same hosting service I started using for my personal blog. I’m also using them for the Brazos Valley Chorale website. I’ll be getting entries and widgets back into shape over the next week and change up the theme a bit. Sorry for the confusion the changes cause for newsreaders or links to articles. We should be stable for a while now.
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