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WhistlingBadger:
Well, things were going great until last night when a frost wiped out about half of my corn, most of my buckwheat, and all of my potatoes.  This despite my getting up at 3 am to spray them down, and again at 5:30.  The taters and some of the corn will probably bounce back, but the buckwheat might just be a loss.  Bummer.  Hate to give up on good pancakes and GREAT chicken feed.  I might replant it if I can find any more seed.

Oats are doing great, though, as are the tomatoes and melons (protected by those water wall things).  We're going to be up to our necks in sugar peas, lettuce, and spinach in a couple weeks.  If it's frost hardy, I can grow it.  But when Mother Nature decides something ain't happening, she usually gets her way.

Mrs. Badger decided to get chickens.  We built a nice coop and now we have about 20 red rangers for meat and grasshopper patrol, plus a dozen or so wyandottes (my favorite breed) and Rhode Island Reds to keep long-term for eggs.  We're building the chicken run in a 4' wide perimeter around the garden, so any grasshoppers that want to get in have to run the gauntlet.   >:D

We're also getting a lab puppy next week.  Just another mellow, low-key summer around Badger Manor...

HH~:
I heard snow came to higher elevations last nite. Sure is hardscrabble in the high country. Sorry bout yer luck! Potatoe top will freeze but will resprout. The tuber will still be growing under ground! Dont pull them out!

Hedge~

Hawkdancer:
I think most everything that ain't froze out, done blew away!  Wind over 75 mph, rain, hail, down low and snow level to 7500 feet in some areas!  No freeze here, though, just busting our butts with packing and loading out!
Hawkdancer

WhistlingBadger:
Thanks, Shawn.  Most of the corn is bouncing back, and I planted my buckwheat really thick, so even if I lose 2/3 of it I'll still get a crop.  Jerry, it's been windier than a bean-eating politician around here, too.  We finished fencing the chicken run yesterday.  So most of the big projects are done and it's pretty much down to maintenance now.

Later this week I complete my 49th trip around the sun.  Ribeyes, hiking, and hugs from my girls are in the forecast.

HH~:
Having a cooler wave right now. Pool is 80 degrees and air was 58 this morning. Looked like dry ice this morning!

Took a bunch of tomatoes plants and goat fence wire rings to him and we put them in. Man, hes got fine dirt on his place. I told him we could put a 2 acre garden in here and make 50k easy selling organics to the Snowflakes  and BoHo shiek Kali transplants in Nashville!

Raise a good crop of dental floss too!

They’d buy 10k in Arugula alone and its easy as growing dandelions!

HH

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