I cant believe that harvest is already starting, potatoes, peas ,broccoli and zucchini oh yeh and radishes.
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These are new 2009 first ones bigger than i thought!
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More updates and more on the local weather, growing trends and some other things on our minds.
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July 6/09
All the potatoes are up and flowering.
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Well the summer temperatures have finally started. But we are busy getting ready for winter. We have found a number of stores that will give away skids/pallets for free, they make great firewood.
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With an unusually cool and wet summer the fungus late blight is hitting early. For the first time plants sold in garden centers are contaminated and spreading the disease in home gardens.
Late blight shows up as black spots on the leaves also a white mold. As it spreads the stocks turn black and die. The fungus also causes the fruit to rot.
What is Late Blight?
http://www.nysipm.cornell.edu/publica…
Potato famine disease striking home gardens in U.S.
http://www.reuters.com/article/scienc…
Blight has tomato growers on alert
http://www.blueridgenow.com/article/2…
Late blight reaches Ohio, threatens potatoes, tomatoes
http://www.cantonrep.com/lifestyle/ho…
Late Blight Prediction in Maine (PDF fact sheet about late blight)
http://www.umaine.edu/umext/potatopro…
Organic Alternatives for Late Blight Control in Potatoes
http://attra.ncat.org/attra-pub/lateb…
Organic Management of Late Blight of Potato and Tomato with Copper Products
http://www.extension.org/article/18351
The OMRI Products List Database
http://omri.org/OMRI_datatable.php?se…
Pest Management
http://attra.ncat.org/pest.html#disease
Jul 082009
Recorded May 27
We finally got a break in our dry weather. After 2 days of good rain we took some time to wonder around the garden. Huge earthworms everywhere.
Jul 082009
Corn is one of our favorite vegetables on the homestead. Although it’s not a high yielding plant for the area it takes up, it’s well worth growing! There is nothing like a nice cob of sweet corn along with a summer BBQ. Home canned corn will be a wonderful addition to the winter menu.
To plant corn, till the ground working in composted manure.
Make rows 1 foot apart.
Drop the seeds of corn into rows 4 inches apart.
Cover 1/2 to 1 inch with soil, pat down and water.
Corn is ready to harvest when the husks are dark green and the silks are brown.
