October 25, 2018

Good morning, pretty wild ride for a week and some. Amazing cloudy weather. I was very curious to see what veggies did not like the 31.5-degree chill down. It took a few days of warmer weather but the damage did eventually show. I think what was the biggest surprise were the veggies that it did not affect. Which was everything except okra and sweet potatoes. The two veggies that abhor cool to cold conditions. They really do not care for temps below 60 degrees. Storage of sweets below 50 degrees, quickly degrades the spuds. The older okra was already showing the signs of cooler overnight lows and was shedding leaves and the 31.5 finished the okra off. As for the sweets, since they were covered, are doing fine. It was just the portions that were not covered that got real burned. Next week is forecast to be warmer and I am hoping to finish the sweet harvest. There is about 40 feet to go. The harvest got side tracked a little bit due to the rain, which ended up being 1.41 inches total. Save for the last installment, it was all nice and slow with little runoff. But it sure did a kibosh with the sweet harvest. It is really hard to push mud.

Spot checking the fall veggies that I planted somewhat late, seem to be doing fine. I feel a little more confident that they will mature with a harvest. What with the cool rain, the soil got cooled and I am hoping that the snow peas that I did sow will do fine. Time will tell.

I am not looking forward to next rainy season what with ALL the weeds, due to my ankle down time, that have matured and dropped their seeds. This could very easily be a nightmare next year. Oh well, such is life.

I did manage to harvest most all of the tomatoes and they are ripening in a back room. I am not sure if there will be anymore eggplants but they are blooming. Also there are some chilies to harvest. This early light frost did come incredibly early, so this will affect the seasonal change of veggies. It will be interesting to see how this plays out. Always a challenge.

Follows is an updated list of what I am growing, please email as to availability and prices. Chard, kale, green onions, carrots, lettuce, tomatoes, chilies (several varieties), eggplant, butternut squash, garlic, beets, sweet potatoes, and beans.