Rural Gardening: The Junebugs are Junin' on the June homestead, 1 by CajuninKy

CajuninKy wrote:
We are having that cooler weather the last 2 days after scorching temps the last 2 weeks. It is welcome and I am able to get more work done.

Saw my pepper bloom yesterday. Squash are blooming and a couple have small fruits. Same with the cukes. Pulled the mustard all but 6 plants I am letting go to seed. Letting the last of the sugar ann peas go to seed for a fall crop. They did great and are delish. Wish I had a whole bed of them. Beans are getting ripe a few at a time. Strawberries are finished. Drought has nearly done in the raspberry crop that escaped the falling tree. Wine berries are coming on strong. Corn is nearly 2 feet tall. Added composted hay to the tater bags. Need more sevin dust for them. Some kinda dull pink squishy bug is trying to eat all my tater plants. Eggplants are not looking good. Leaves look like lace with all the pinpoint holes in them. Sevin dusted them too. Mangles are growing slow. Weeded them this morning. Mater plants all look good but not a single bloom yet. Herbs are growing slower than Christmas.

Chickens are laying well. Trying to sell a lot of 1st and 2nd year layers because the eggs are not selling and it's costing me too much to feed 40 chickens. I am disappointed that it looks like my half grown Gold Comets are actually Red Sexlinks. If that is the case, I will not be keeping them either. The EEs look good. I am letting my hens go for $5 each. A very good price I think. Chicks are $2.50 then you have to feed them for months before you get an egg. These are laying now. Hope I can sell them.

Goats are both due to kid next month. They are gaining weight in all the right places and making up some very nice udders. Looks like they will both be good milkers.

Breaking Tug now and he is doing better than I had dares to hope. Knock and I are both riding him around the ring now and he is learning fast. Such a pleasure.

Gotta get to the feeding now. Good to hear you are all doing well. Sad about the mealy maters and the chicken deaths. Glad you pegged the fox. And glad you found a woman who is interested in the same things you are. Means a lot.

Got the boys with us so life is good in spite of recent heartaches. God is like that and it's all good.