There was one or two with root maggots

Is anyone pulling garlic yet ? In the north ? I figure at the end of the month.

Did mine on the 4th 288 heads.

Dug a few this week. This weekend about 250 will be hanging in the sugar shack.

Good, I am up on the 49th parallel, but my garlic looks like I could pull it here shortly and not hurt anything

We have had zucchini, radishes, peas, and garlic come to the table so far this year.

We had a lady who is a mechanical engineer for decades. The company was bought and they eliminated her position when she was 54 years old. Her husband was an engineer at another firm and had a heart attack 3 years ago and passed away. For 8 years this lady did organic CVA produce baskets and built quite a businees. The last two years she has planted the whole organic garden area to garlic and is doing better with less work. Don't know exactly but looks to be near an acre or a tad more.
We are hoping for rain tonight. I weeded today and the dust was flying all over the place. Can tell the heat units have increased the pumpkins, squash and peppers are really growing even with limited moisture.

Bryce

I agree Bryce on th heat units, it's showing here too, but we've had some timely moisture, and I dont need to water.

I'm going to plant radishes a few more times and beat the rootworm cycle with the later plantings.

The cabbage root maggots are around right up to frost so beating them with later plantings is not the solution. When the canola matures the flys disperse up to 5 miles from those fields.
as well the flea beetles really hit all the brassicae once the canola field dry off

later planting is because of the bi-annual cycle of radishes they go into a root development that is not a bitter to over winter with Commercial producers plant around 15 August with radishes here @ 50 degrees N

The last week I have seen nearly a dozen dead rats on the roads. All the smaller sloughs and wet road ditches are drying up and the rats are moving to try and find water. I need to secure some more river line if I can.

Bryce

There's lots of moisture here, but that can change in late summer

Last year I pulled my garlic a year ago today. That pic just came around on FB.

And last year we were into 6 weeks of drought already by this time.....not this year Noah.

That's about 50 bulbs right there, a lot for one guy to eat....from 25' of row...double row.

I need to plant a quarter acre just to see if I can sell it.

Two pickings of peas. Doing oK. Shucking nside at night with the air on! Will be a big day for brocolli Tuesday, about a dozen really nice big heads to blanche and freeze. I don't know what the spuds will look like below the ground but I have the biggest and best vines I have ever had. I guess 3 inches of composted manure worked in the garden works!

Bryce

Septoria leaf spot has reared it ugly head, and I misted with Fungonil (chlorithalinol) just now, to keep the canopy healthy.

I dip my tomato plants in a fungicide water mix when I plant them and then about every 7-10 days I spray the vines. I will do that again mid week again.

Bryce

I do about the same thing...Bryce.

The conditions for fungal pathogens are ripe, very moist soil, and heavy dew every morning. It's not dry around here at all.