This is one of those years… the elements are conspiring against us in a major way. With over 8 inches of rain for the month of June coupled with below average temps – it’s now becoming pretty clear the fate of our garden – once stunted by too much rain is now moving into the realm of plant loss outside of the several tomato plants already lost. When you see the water up through the several inches of grass mulch – it’s NOT a good sign.
If the depressing carnage of the one end of the main garden plot were not “typhoon or tsunami” coverage enough for you… the opposite end has the same issues. The unmulched foreground is “extra space” where there are a bunch of large sunflowers planted (underwater), the peppers swimming in the water are the straw mulched area (many inches thick and you can STILL see water), and then the grass mulched are is the tomato graveyard…
The weather has dramatically weighed in on EVERY plant we have. The corn will NOT be “knee high by the Fourth of July”, the radishes are splitting the ground because of too much water all the sudden, the potato greens are not looking healthy, and most plants if they haven’t visibly started to show signs of wet feet have basically stopped growing at all.
As a matter of fact – there was so much rain yesterday the rate of fall topped the post the other day at 4.38″/hour… Kelli actually had to get out there as the storm let up and put a significant amount of straw in the two pasture pens so the chickens could get up out of the standing water in the pasture.
This weather is just brutal.
It’s gotta clear up soon, I’m sure!! At least the water table should be well stocked.
That would make me feel better if I was on well water… but I’m not… and neither are the chickens…
Ohh – look – rain due today too! Great… the tomato moat was drying out!