My old laptop died making it difficult to keep this blog up to date. Fortunately my new laptop is up and running, so now I am trying to get caught up.

Everyone around me is having trouble with rabbits eating everything because of the extreme drought. They mow beans and chilies off nightly. They have hit me a couple of times but not too bad. I have tried to fence them out, but I'm sure they could get in if they tried. Luckily they seem content to munch on the lawn and don't put too much effort into getting by my fences.

A few things I have learned so far: Kale grows great but the kids don't like it. Same with collards--a few will go a long ways. The cabbage family need to go in even earlier. Corn is very picky about too much nitrogen. Yellow pear tomatoes need to be separated twice as far as normal. Dill is a weed and will come up everywhere I don't have plastic.

 I have picked a few tomatoes, chilies, squash, beans, and cilantro. My corn is tasseling. Some of my chilies are 3ft high and some tomatoes 4ft. I am harvesting dill seed and coriander seed.

The watermelons and cantaloupe are just putting on.

My grapes are putting on like crazy this year