Saturday, July 30, 2011

Final harvest


Here is my corn harvest. The ears are actually very small. The biggest one is just 6" long. But the kernels are plumb and juicy. We will have corn for supper tonight. With a plot bigger than 4'x4' and normal summer weather, I could have a decent corn patch.

Everything else is gone. Squash and cucumber numbers were very low. No tomatoes at all. It has just been way too hot and dry this summer. Today is day # 55 of above 90 and day # 9 of above 100 for the summer. Not good gardening weather. Even my drought hardy plants, like marigolds and butterfly bushes look terrible.

I'm pondering changing over to cacti and yucca!

1 comment:

lr said...

Clare, it's November 12th. I've not checked your Raleigh Garden blog in quite some time, because I knew you spent more time with Facebook.
I'm so glad I checked in this evening. The morning I headed home from your house, I took pictures in your front yard. Jim called and you reported you would have corn to eat on the weekend. That was July 13th. Yikes that was a short season!!