mysteryluvr54's Blog

I only asked for good rain once a week during the night to keep thing well watered.  Instead we got some heavy storms going through.  The ground was saturated and my carrots were practically swimming.   We lost power one evening and so the basement partial flooded before we got the extension cords out and plugged into my neighbor 2 doors down and now we also have a leak in the roof.  This was a repeat of last Aug. and now we have purchased a small generator to keep the sump pump going.  Luckily we didn't lose any trees but the storm did knock over some of my pots. 

When things finally dried out I had to pick all the carrots and save only the one that didn't turn to mush from the hot, soggy ground.  Pepper plants are still hangin in there and if this heat continues we should have some peppers.  The tomato plant is still producing tomatoes and flowers.  I'll take as many as I can.   The apple trees are full, but not quite ready for pickin.   Looking forward to applesauce, apple crisp and smoked sausage with sauerkraut and apples, etc. 

Work and school for me have started up again, so I won't have too much time to spend in the yard on the week days.  Sniff, sniff.