Its been raining for a couple of days and has cooled down....I gathered my first squash the last two days...My tomatoes in my garden are becoming loaded with fruit, pole beans starting to climb. The first 5 rows of bush beans are growing well and the 10 rows are poking through the ground. I have some okra blooming and some just coming up and some yet to be planted...The straw bale plants are exceeding my expections as is all my veggies. This has started out as one of the best years in a while.. I plan to keep planting in succession until the end of the month as to have plenty of market items up till frost. Next week I will embark into the world of putting up strawberry perserves to sell at market.I am also awaiting the blackberries getting ripe for th same reason....I havent had many pest problems although today i squished 5 or 6 japaneese beetles, and have had to eliminate a couple of hungry bunnies..sorry to ya'll who are a little squimish......until next time............. Gene

End of May

Here it is the end of May, the tomatos are starting to bloom, the bush and pole beans are poking through the ground and the okra is in the ground. Squash are in various stages, some getting ready to bloom. I am impressed withe the squash,cucumbers and tomatos growing in my bale garden, they too are in various stages from blooming to new bales in day three of preperation.

A few more pics

MAY 15TH HALF PLANTED

Well here it is the middle of May and after the rain slowed I Sara and I were able to get out 150 of our tomato plants ( Goliths,celerberties,pink girls,parks whoppers, and better boys) hopefully this weekend we can put out the other 150 (brandywines,brandyboys, boxcar willies, cherokee purple, aunt ginnys purple, kbx, and black cherry) I have started most of my seed this year and have really enjoyed that experience. My straw bale garden experiment is coming along nicely. pictured are some squash plants that have been set out a couple of weeks and they have grown quickly. We will also be planting our bush beans,pole beans and okra this weekend. Gizzard

Ready to plant.....

Today was a beautiful dyay in the low 80s and boy have i got the garden fever. I would probably plant this weekend but between our annual National Cornbread Festival and The Best race of the year (Talladega) I guess ill wait until next weekend. I have ten of my bales ready to plant in aand will fill them up with squash as they need to be planted. I included a few pics of my zucchaini and strait neck yellow. The remaining twenty bales will house two Brandywines or Brandyboys each. I will post next week after bales are planted. I plan also next weekend getting started planting in the ground. I need to assemble my cattle panel archs for pole beans and get bush beans in the ground. See ya next week...Gizzard

GOT ER DUN

My neighbor Ernest came down yesterday and plowed my garden for me. It has been several years since i have plowed, just been having it tilled. Next weekend I hope to till it and start my planting the first week of May. I love spring my pasture is greened out, flowers, redbuds and dogwoods are blooming, and I've got the garden fever. Heres a few pictures from around the farm..