The garden remains a work in progress. I finally finished planting all the tomatoes, peppers and eggplant I can reasonably care for. The weeds are germinating and thriving under the present dry conditions. As I explained to my daughter, weeds can germinate more easily than most of the crops we plant and can outcompete them for access to scarce moisture in the soil.
The scant quarter inch of rain we received in thundershowers over the weekend felt like a lot of rain to most folks, but farmers and gardeners know better. We need an inch or two of real rain in an all day soaker, but there is nothing in the forecast at the moment. I'm sure we will get it at some point in the season, but will there be any crops left to benefit at that point. Meanwhile, i keep succession planting lettuce, brassicas and flowers on the off chance Mother Nature relents at some point. Farmers and gardeners are nothing if not optimistic!
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