Almost all the sugar pumpkins have ripened. There are a just a few more that aren’t ripe yet and I was ready to pull the vines up but noticed they’re blooming again. Since I don’t need the space, and since there’s time for them to grow and mature, I’ll just leave the vines and see what happens.
Pumpkins
There are 15 pumpkins (not all in this picture) to be cut, peeled, par-boiled and canned so I guess instead of knitting today, I’ll be canning pumpkins.
And do you see that once we started using the iron foliage spray on the okra, I’m getting a little okra every day. It isn’t much but it’s enough that we eat okra almost every night and at least I figured out what was wrong and now I know how to fix it . . though it’s kind of a temporary fix and a never ending battle because of the pH of the water being so high but . . I’ll say it again . . Bloom Where You’re Planted!! If I say it long enough, I’ll convince myself. 🙂
pattilynn9 says
Yummo! Okra!! I love okra! ….and Okra loves hot weather.
JudyL says
Yes, but it also loves water and since we get no rain, I have to add so much water and it’s the pH in our water that’s killing the okra. It’s a no win situation with the few veggies that are very sensitive to high pH.
Linda in NE says
My husband worked in a small business where they made parts for center pivot irrigation systems & did lots of metal cutting. The old guy who owned the place told him to sweep up the metal filings & take them home, let them rust and then to work into the ground around the tomatoes…really makes them grow. My peppers need a little boost so I’m dissolving some Epsom Salts in water & put it on them. The magnesium is supposed to perk them up too. We will see I guess.
meredith says
Do you have rainwater tanks there? With such a big roof area on the shed you could harvest a fair bit of rainfall and perhaps use it on those plants that are really unhappy with the ph of the water. Or you could just move to where it’s not a problem……sigh