sat and sun in pa

It didnt rain all week,but I had to work in NJ,so I could not get to pa until late sat morning. It was drissling all day ,and the grass was wet ,but the garden spot was dry enough to plow and till. I plowed it first,then tilled it and went over it with the wide harrow a few times,then planted tomatoes,peppers,some eggplant, some more potatoes,cucumbers, summer and winter squash and a few cantelope ,I just got done and it started raining harder. Saturday night it rained hard so all I could do sun morning is put up a trellis for the snow peas ,, and catch some silver crappy and large mouth bass, when I plowed I had to pick some worms up .and had to put them to good use!

looks real good, we have had frost 4 mornings out of last 8, (3000 feet) hope to have plants out first of NEXT week, if weather improves. Nice fish, that looks like too much fun to have after garden work

Great largemouth and black crappie...nice vegetable plot also. I'm jealous.

Thats ALL you got done in one Saturday?? Sheesh, I can"t get that done in two days!

you don't have that little blue ford tractor that does all the work by itself. keep watching, you always see in the field all by itself

Larry,
Looks like you got-R under control. Like I said in the e-mail, I think those who have gardens and know how to preserve food crops will be winners this year. Those who are dependent on the local S Market are going to be in for a rude awakening this fall and winter. A few of those fish don't take up much space in the freezer and taste pretty darned good mid winter also. Keep us posted on your progress. As usual, Loren, The Acg.

Looks like another nice garden you"ve put in for this year.

Will be watching our mailbox in a few months for those "postal potatoes".

Enjoyed your photos; thanks for sharing them with us.

I think your lake is drier than my garden. Nice to see someone working the soil.

I think Sunday did it for me.

Garden has been "mud-ball wet" all spring- and Sunday we had 1.04 inches of rain (.01 short of all time record for one day in May, here). Pond is back up, garden is way past mud-ball, and I think I'm going to give up on garden this year.

We've got "La Nina" off the coast- large cell of cold water, just sitting there, making our weather cold. Same as last year. I did finally put in a garden last year, but it was a fiasco. Just too cold to get anything.

I may till about half of it when it finally gets dry enough, and just put in cold weather crops- carrots, brocolli, beets, cabbage, and call it good. No use wasting time or effort for the warm weather stuff. We won't get enough heat units to get it to maturity. That's what happened last year, and this year is rolling out exactly the same.

Climate change seems to be going the wrong way, for me. Reminds me of a cartoon I saw some years back- several people in a circle, barely discernable in a snowstorm, holding their arms high, with spray cans in their hands. "The hearty residents of Chillblain, Minnesota try to help global warming along a little bit."

Too wet to garden or farm here right now. That soil of yours tilled up pretty darned nice.

you and nancy will not be forgotten! This spuds for you!

last year we did pretty good,but you never know what obstacles lie ahead this season ,I keep my fingers crossed

With that implement in the 4th picture, I would be keeping an eye out for Beatles 65. Just in case.

that actually belongs to my neighbor,it is a 3 pt hitch harrow , BEETLES 65 likea older stuff than that !

Larry,
Nice Pics.
Just wondering, are you dragging the harrow after the tiller or is just the order you posted the pictures?

I run a 6 foot tiller drag 2 chains off the back and that marks my rows to plant, as long as I can drive straight.

BTW, mid-Michigan is too wet to hit the fields again, maybe this weekend I'll be able to till the garden.

Rick

I do the harrow last,because I only have a 4 ft tiller,and it leaves tire marks,so the harrow takes them out

That's awesome Larry I'd never let that farm go if I was you.Your garden is always so nice picture perfect.You make me jealous in a good way don't take me wrong !
Tony

you come visit , you can use my fishing pole while Iam weeding the garden,I promise I wont make you work!!!