Howdy all people! I hope this put up finds you correctly. I am sitting on the desk in entrance of my laptop just a bit after 2 PM scratching my bald head once in a while attempting to consider what to say. It is 93° F outdoor and the wind has been blowing persistently for a lot of days. Properly, it is supposedly blowing in a storm. The completely totally different local weather websites seem to have blended opinions. The first time I checked the local weather forecast throughout the drop-down menu on the best correct of my show display the Local weather Channel said there was a 40% likelihood this night time. Then I checked as soon as extra about 1:30 and it said 20%. I checked the Nationwide Local weather Service and it said it was on its technique nonetheless I didn’t take a look at the radar. I went to the yard about 3:30 to take pictures for this put up and there wasn’t hardly a cloud throughout the sky. Like I mentioned, it was 93° F.

OH, the doe has not been once more throughout the yard since I redid {the electrical} fence and added one different wire throughout the excessive.

Sweet Corn ‘Ambrosia’ on 8-12-21 at 3:31 PM.

A lot of days up to now when the wind started blowing, the ‘Ambrosia’ Sweet Corn started falling over. Fortuitously, I had already picked all that was ready and it may be accomplished. That’s the main 12 months I haven’t wanted to face the corn once more up sooner than it was ready to reap.

19 baggage of ‘Prime Crop’ Inexperienced Beans throughout the freezer up to now.

I started choosing inexperienced beans remaining week and started choosing corn on the eighth. I was going to take {a photograph} of the five-gallon bucket of inexperienced beans from the first choosing nonetheless I forgot about it… In entire, I’ve picked 12-13 gallons. In truth, I’ve already been consuming some. I doubt I will can any because of I don’t have time to take a look at the pressure canner. That was dad’s job. 🙂 Properly, I suppose I’ve time, nonetheless I merely don’t must do it. I really feel frozen beans type brisker anyway. I merely decrease off the ends and freeze them whole. It is pretty straightforward… As quickly as I get the beans ready, I carry water in just a few large stock pots to a boil, add the beans and blanch for 3 minutes, then drain and put them in ice water for 3 minutes. Then I scatter the beans out on sheet cake pans and put them throughout the freezer for 3 hours. It is necessary to scatter the beans out thinly so whilst you determine them up they gained’t be caught collectively so harmful. Since I like them whole, in the event that they’re caught collectively they may break further merely after I get them to return again apart to put them in baggage. Doing it makes further sense than attempting to make clear it… Presumably I should have achieved a video or taken pictures of the strategy. It’s an afterthought issue… 🙂 I benefit from quart baggage so I can carry a pair from the freezer throughout the basement as I need them.

231 ears of corn throughout the freezer as of 8-12-21.

The sweet corn did pretty correctly, nonetheless not along with I hoped for. It isn’t pretty accomplished and an excellent rain would help immensely. I picked the ‘Ambrosia’ first (the bi-color counterpart to Bodacious) and up to now have frozen 98 ears of it. A lot of stalks had no “pickable” ears and some had none the least bit. The an identical was with the Bodacious, which I was able to freeze 133 ears from up to now. I would say 70% of the stalks had one good ear up to now. It wasn’t a pollination topic because of there was a great deal of it. 🙂 I moreover noticed the good ears have been on excessive, whereas the lower ears have been barely even crammed out. It’s possible you’ll suppose the pollen fell on the best ear, nonetheless the lower ears are on the opposite side of the stalk… The pollen landed on the silk merely very good. In all probability, it is a moisture topic and soaker hoses or T-tape would have been good. I don’t have each one and the sprinklers would have been ineffective with the corn being so tall… Rather a lot taller than me at this stage. I hope to spend cash on a T-tape system ultimately, nonetheless funds are terribly restricted…

Sweet corn from the second for of ‘Bodacious’ on 8-11-21.

The second row of Bodacious was AMAZING with 54 pretty ears. Some have been pretty large. If all 4 rows have been like that… Loads of the ears have been crammed out from one end to the alternative. I’ve seen just a few worms this 12 months compared with remaining 12 months. I’ve solely seen two large caterpillars and 4 tiny inexperienced ones that hadn’t made it inside to the cob. There have been a lot of of those tiny black bugs… Hmmm… I acknowledged them remaining summer season season nonetheless have forgotten what they’re known as and didn’t must once more and look. 🙂 OH, with the bi-color corn throughout the totally different half, a lot of the ‘Bodacious’ at first of the rows have a lot of white kernels… That is utterly very good and implausible… All the corn I planted is SE (Sugar Enhanced).

Ideas you, not the entire sweet corn has made it to the freezer. A few week sooner than I “formally” started choosing the corn, I picked six ears of ‘Ambrosia’ and put them in a pot. They weren’t “pretty” ready nonetheless I wanted to present it a shot. It’s humorous how one can barely see the white kernels…

Yesterday, after I was accomplished with the ‘Bodacious’, I picked seven ears of ‘Unimaginable’ from the first planting. Crucial ear, sooner than it was shucked, turned out to be a dud… 4 out of the seven made it to the pan they often have been actually “unbelievable”.

Sweet Corn ‘Unimaginable’ on 8-12-21 at 3:26 PM…

SO, I have been eye-balling the ‘Unimaginable’… Although ‘Unimaginable’ can present irritating to begin with, it may possibly come spherical. I proved to myself this choice could also be very picky within the case of soil temperature. While you plant and replant and it’ll get going, it may possibly dwell as a lot as its determine.

Sweet Corn ‘Unimaginable’…

Until 2013 after I bought right here once more proper right here, I hadn’t grown sweet corn given that early Eighties. For the lifetime of me, I can’t take into account ever having any factors with it arising or blowing over. I take into account the first 12 months, 1981 after my grandfather handed away in April, I moved to the farm. I planted 14 rows of sweet corn and solely ate a lot of ears. Grandpa had pretty a clientele of aged girls that bought his produce they often bought each half I could develop. One man bought all my inexperienced beans… 110 kilos!

Hmmm…

I have been pulling up what I “thought” have been Morning Glories throughout the inexperienced beans and sweet corn. There could also be one climbing in all places within the Asparagus and a few days up to now I noticed it had a great deal of buds. I assumed, “HMMM… That is NOT a Morning Glory.”

Cynanchum laeve (Honey-vine Climbing Milkweed)…

DOUBLE HMMM… I took pictures, as you’ll see, and uploaded them on iNaturalist. Low and behold it is a Milkweed! Properly, undoubtedly not in the best way wherein we take into account as Milkweeds. The scientific determine is Cynancum laeve, usually known as Honey-Vine Climbing Milkweed… I took pictures of 1 different vine that has bigger flowers throughout the briar patch alongside the south hayfield that turned out to be a Hedge Bindweed. It had bigger flowers like Morning Glories… What variety of species of this stuff are there anyway? What occurred to the widespread outdated Morning Glories?

Sweet Corn ‘Unimaginable’…

The place was I? I am merely taking place the grid of pictures as I took them… Oh yeah, the sweet corn. Yesterday I found a stalk with 5 good-sized ears nonetheless I didn’t have the digital digicam and at the moment I couldn’t uncover it. I was strolling by way of the corn with out a long-sleeved shirt on and my arms have been beginning to get itchy…

Smut…

There is only one stalk of corn with smut this 12 months. I wanted to go away it because of I wanted to get {a photograph}. Smut could also be very attention-grabbing in a weird form of technique. Ultimate summer season season I wrote just a bit about it and the best way it is actually edible. Properly, I am undoubtedly not going to fry any up and offers it a shot. It seems to be like technique too weird…

Sweet Corn ‘Unimaginable’..

The ultimate planting of ‘Unimaginable’ has a strategies to go however nonetheless it is wanting very correctly… Not lower than at 3:31 PM when this {photograph} was taken…

One in every of many ‘Celebrity’ tomato vines…

The tomatoes are SLOW this season because of I was late getting them throughout the flooring.

Tomato ‘Celebrity’…

I’ve picked one already and one is sort of ready…

Tomato ‘Brandywine’…

The ‘Brandywine’ tomato vines have grown like crazy!

Tomato ‘Brandywine’…

I’ve solely found two tobacco worms and NO armyworms this 12 months (however). Hopefully, there gained’t be anymore.

Transferring alongside from the yard…

Hosta ‘Potomac Satisfaction’ on 8-12-21…

The clump Hosta ‘Potomac Satisfaction’ is usually as a minimum 2′ tall and over 50″ giant… As a result of doe it has not been able to develop… Often, the deer nibble on the ‘Potomac Satisfaction’ only a bit when the Hosta first start to leaf out throughout the spring then don’t bother any of them the rest of the 12 months.

Hosta ‘Dancing Queen’ on 8-12-21…

The Hosta ‘Dancing Queen’ has met a similar future. Sadly, the ‘Krossa Regal’ are principally non-existent… I am undoubtedly not happy with the doe… I do understand it must be the an identical one, because of I’ve seen her usually throughout the pasture behind the house all by herself. There could also be tons to eat for her throughout the pasture/hayfield. Oh correctly, though the Hosta are shot this summer season season, hopefully, the doe will relocate and I can uncover a decision to keep up her out of them by subsequent spring. I can’t very correctly relocate the shade mattress and I don’t intend to put up {an electrical} fence spherical such a small house…

After I used to be mowing remaining week, I noticed the right entrance wheel was getting just a bit wobbly… Earlier this spring, I wanted to alternate all of the steering rod… Since dad and I launched this mower home it has had its factors. It’s a John Deere LT120… It mows weird, nonetheless I really feel I’ve that topic found… It was all about altering the best way wherein I mowed from a 36″ deck to a 48″deck… The Gator blades I started using remaining summer season season are nonetheless working very good.

Instead of using bearings throughout the wheel, there are solely two bushings… They placed on out fairly often, as I’ve merely stumbled on. I hadn’t paid loads consideration until I noticed the wheel wobbling after I used to be turning. I assumed the steering rod gizmo was about to have one different topic. I drove the mower into the storage, jacked it up, and had a look… Then I went to the net and stumbled on people are altering the bushings with bearings. I did NOT even title John Deere for a value on the conversion tools because of they’re usually bought on Ebay (or Amazon) for as a minimum half the worth. The kits on Ebay run from $19.95 on up and embrace new washers and hubcaps for every wheels… I decided since all I needed have been the bearings I would buy 4 for $9.95 and use the an identical washers I already have. If I need new washers, I can get them on the ironmongery store for a lot of cents… You’d suppose the wheels would have had bearings throughout the first place. The spindles (axle) are form of worn as a result of bushings decreasing into them, nonetheless I ought to alternate them at a later date…

I went once more inside at about 4 PM and decided to have a nap and finish the put up afterward. Presumably after dinner… There was not a cloud throughout the sky… The next issue I knew, it looked to be getting darkish and the wind was blowing like crazy. I acquired up and appeared outdoor and the clouds had arrived…

Wanting in the direction of the yard from the doorway porch at 6:04 PM…

At 6 PM it started POURING like crazy. I went to the doorway porch and took a shot… The wind had absolutely modified directions and now was blowing out of the north.

The yard at 6:44 PM…

After the rain stopped, I went to the yard to have a look… The temperature has really dropped! Wanting once more on the primary {photograph} taken at 3:24 PM, you’ll see the ‘Ambrosia’ had blown to the north given that wind had been blowing out of the south for a lot of days. At 6:44 PM is further leaning in the direction of the south because of the wind switched directions…

Sweet Corn ‘Unimaginable’ at 6:45 PM…

The ‘Unimaginable’ blew over just a bit. It could have been loads worse…

Sweet Corn ‘Unimaginable’ at 6:45 PM…

From the north side… It doesn’t appear any of the stalks have been broken…

Sweet Corn ‘Bodacious’…

To not harmful… I’ve seen it MUCH, MUCH worse. Then as soon as extra, we have further rain and wind throughout the forecast by way of Saturday night time.

View of the sweet corn from the northwest nook at 6:45 PM…

I knew we couldn’t get by way of a season with out the corn blowing over nonetheless I was form of hopeful. We undoubtedly did need the rain so I am not going to complain. I’ve found to easily settle for the local weather it would not matter what it does. I wanted to return once more inside because of it was starting to rain as soon as extra.

I checked the rain gauge and it said 7/10″. The temperature dropped from 93 F to 70. That’s a 23° drop! Properly, it optimistic cooled points off a bit and I am optimistic grateful for the rain. I suppose the wind blowing the corn spherical a bit helped to get the moisture to the roots.

There could also be further rain, and wind, coming so I gained’t bother standing the corn once more up until it is accomplished… Properly, we’re going to see about that. It depends upon. The ‘Ambrosia’ and Bodacious’ have been almost accomplished, nonetheless the rain may help what stays to be not ready. It may undoubtedly help the ‘Unimaginable’, so I will undoubtedly stand it once more up…

Properly, now it is 8:54 PM. Time to arrange dinner one factor for dinner. Hmmm… Grammarly says I’ve 4 errors nonetheless I must eat dinner. SO, for individuals who be taught this put up sooner than I edit it, chances are high you may uncover some errors…

Until subsequent time, be protected, preserve optimistic, and always be grateful!