Extremely Dry Post About Our Garden

As we entered our third month without any measurable rainfall, we decided we had to take drastic measures. Instead of carrying bucket after bucket of water, we gathered every garden hose on the farm and strung out a country mile of it from the spigot to the garden. While my girls gave each and every plant a thorough soaking, I mowed the grass in the orchard and hauled many bales of straw from a barn to the garden. We then mulched everything in hopes of retaining some of that moisture for a bit longer and to help prevent blight on the tomatoes. Above, the unmulched portion of the garden is where our current pea crop and defunct carrot crop that never germinated grow. We will probably pick the peas our next time down and then plant a couple squash plants, so my wife says. She is the garden planner in chief and I'm the cheap labor.

Above is about a million tomato, cabbage, kohlrabi, pepper and other plants growing. They were all looking pretty good before we mulched everything but are now hidden somewhat. I'm sure in a week or two, it will be much prettier looking. It will look especially pretty when I no longer have to water anything anymore.

One more picture for Steve of our asparagus bed now fully bolted. The tallest parts are probably a good eight feet tall now.  Not pictured, because I was too tired to walk over their again, is our peach and apple trees which are loaded full of fruit again. We are talking about thinning out some of the peaches as I've read that will make the rest bigger and sweeter. Our berry patch is really looking good thus far too.