I had a few harvests yesterday morning to get to. The summer squash had a few pounds and went to the cooler.
Amongst the end row in the main garden which I have a mix of winter squash and potatoes planted I had 3 volunteer potatoes grow from last year's leftover spuds that I missed while digging. The 3 spots gave me 3 pounds total which I washed and dried on the deck.
4 cucumbers were ready in the greenhouse and we have more than enough malabar to start harvesting.
I looked up the garlic stratifying temp and found it is exactly what I keep the cooler at so I sorted out the pound of each type, dropped them into paper bags, and took them to the cooler to sit for a month or 2 so I can plant them in October.
It was cloudy all day which kept the temps much nicer. It gave me the chance to get the pole garden rows raked out and setup for planting.
The clouds parted for a bit while I was out stuffing potatoes in the ground. 100 more which has me at 954 spots planted and I only need to plant the old rutabaga row to surpass 1000.
The rain was inbound mid day but didn't arrive till later.
First sprinkles were around 3:30.
I took this cool down as an opportunity to dig more potatoes. It sprinkled on me for a the first half of the row then it actually rained.
It rained hard enough that I stepped out of the garden and stood under the tree for a bit to let the heavy rain pass.
I finished the row as the rains were letting up with a very wet shirt back.
25 pounds of spuds went to the house.
The boys got the new Crunchlab box and got the gyro-bot built which is rather loud with the flywheel spinning up so fast.
Out to soak at normal time and was out at dark and putting the birds in since my motor is fried on the coop door.
Rained a bit more this morning but it will be moving off and then it will be 106F in a few days. I have to plant one more row of red potatoes, dig the other couple rows in the potato garden and decide if I want to plant anymore back in it, troubleshoot the coop door motor, the freeze dryer should finish the batch of peas then I need to change the oil on the machine, then come up with dinner this evening.
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| 2024 Y/E Hive Goals | Goal | Current | +/- Goal | +/Week |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HP | 30,000 | 27,394 | +639 | 46 |
| HBD Savings | 4,030 | 3,215 | / | 9 |
| Hive Posting Streak Days | 1,681 | 1,527 | / | 3 |
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