I Hate the Word "Failure."

Posted on Thursday 9 August 2007 at 12:43

Well, I had to go and post some crop failures over at the official TYDOS blog. I hate that. It has not been a very good day--I've been assessing the problems and feeling very much like I've failed in many ways. (Why didn't I do such-and-such, or plant crop X at a different time? Oh, yeah, because there was no good window in the wild weather this spring.)

Oddly, the watermelons seem happy. If we can keep them well-fed, they may produce before first frost. I'm not sure if the broccoli are going to amount to a single thing--they're very stunted. The cauliflowers look good, though.

Several things are behind, resulting in far less for the customers than I'd like to be able to provide. The tomatoes are only just blooming. I spotted a few small cukes this evening, but they won't be ready this week. We do have some green beans that will go in the deliveries, though. Yay, beans!

Now, if only we could get a few other things going too. I'm dreading that first frost--two years ago, it fell on the third week of August. That had better not happen this year.

Sympathy Hug

Posted by jackiebridgen on Thursday 9 August 2007 at 03:14 - Link

You know I'm with you, girl.
We just don't know which way to turn over here, I think w'e've just given up til next year :0(
I so feel for you, Lots of prayers headed your way that you will get a slightly longer season at least.
Jackie
x

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Posted by Kitty on Thursday 9 August 2007 at 07:17 - Link

Dont feel like the Lone Ranger, all of my stuff died a very early death due to the heat down here in La. I haven't had anything in a while. I am looking forward to a fall garden tho. Have a great day.
Kitty