I’m sort of trying to keep up with the garden, but this has not been a good year to try and garden between the drought and the deer. This corn is so pathetic. I can’t believe it has little ears on it.
sweet corn
As a bonus, the dragonfly likes the corn.
I’m afraid the tomato plants are dying. Hopefully all those tomatoes will be able to ripen before they completely dry up.
I left some volunteer squash plants growing, and I had no idea what kind. This one looks like a spaghetti squash. That’s good since I didn’t plant any of them.
I did get nice turnips. I promise I really tried to find recipes to like, but I am not a fan of turnips. I can very definitely say that now.
The reason I planted turnips was to try canning my own vegetable stock. I got the turnips, but that was about it. I decided to just buy carrots and celery and try it anyhow. It seems to have turned out pretty good. I just need to try it in a recipe (but it’s too hot for soup right now).
I also am optimistic that I’ll have a good potato harvest since this one was just right there on top of the ground.
That would be good since I ordered a potato French Fry Cutter. It works pretty slick.
Hopefully, I have a lot of potatoes to use it on.
Teresa
Eden Hills 
Wow!! You’re dealing with drought and out this way some farmers fields were flooded because of all the rain we’ve gotten this July!! I tried potatoes last year and got nothing so I hope your crop is good. The heat and humidity have a killer for us this Summer too!…jp
I’ve been trying to decide if I’d rather had floods or droughts. I live on a hill, so I’d prefer floods, but this seems to have been a miserable year for everyone. Stay safe with the rains.
Something in between floods and drought would definitely be better, right? I hope your garden does okay.
We had quite the thunderstorm about 3:00 a.m. yesterday morning. It kept me awake for quite a while with all the noise. I guess there were some fires started by the lightning, which we certainly didn’t need!
If you don’t mind a little advice, you really should cover those potatoes with dirt mounded up, to keep the sun off of them. They will turn green, otherwise. I learned this from living in the potato growing area of Idaho.
I really do wish we could get a more normal year. Sorry to hear about the additional fires. Hopefully, they don’t get any worse.
Thank you for the advice. I am fairly new to growing potatoes.