Not nearly as many as I had planted, but at this point I'll take anything I can get. At this point, gawd only knows what kind they are, but I really don't care. They are alive and my planting efforts weren't totally in vain.
We also planted the sweet potato slips a week ago and they are doing relatively well given that the area is not fenced in to protect them from the marauding scratching claws of the local poultry population. I think we only lost two out of sixteen plants.
So, there is hope for a late summer garden. And in a week or so, I'll work on getting the Fall garden going.
Yep, it always amazes me that newly planted seeds don't wash completely away when a gully washer hits right after they're put in the ground. Sure wish I could grow sweet potatoes (love 'em) but, of course, we don't have warm enough weather for them.
ReplyDeleteHa! You're talking about putting in a late summer/fall garden . . . while up here we're still waiting for something that looks like summer!
My 2 acre pumpkin patch didn't wash away either. I never do a late Summer or Fall garden. By August I am done with veggies and gardening and I still have to go until October.
ReplyDeleteLordy! Here in drought-stricken California, I'd give my eye-teeth for a gully washer. Half a gully washer. A fourth of a gully washer. An eighth of gully washer.
ReplyDeleteYeah...like that. Sigh...
Carolyn,
ReplyDeleteWith the squash popping out of the ground. and not washed away you should have yourself a nice harvest.
Sweet potatoes, YUM.....I planted them last year and had a really nice harvest.
Hurray! Survival squash! In more ways than one...
ReplyDeleteYeah squash! Hopefully you don't have the damn squash bugs like I have. They are working on murdering a third plant this week, even with me squishing them and their eggs every other day :/
ReplyDeleteFall garden time. I can't believe it.....