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["Jeanne Driese" <jeanne13 AT earthlink.net>]

It seems that there is no normal years anymore.  Things have produced very 
well here in TN but folks have complained of things just up and dying, 
especially in the squash family.
Jeanne
tnhillwoman
North East TN zone 6
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Gene GeRue 
  To: Homestead 
  Sent: Friday, September 05, 2008 8:08 PM
  Subject: [Homestead] June, July and August


  June, July and August are my three least-favorite months here in the  
  mid-Ozarks. Their redemption, of course, lies in the cornucopia of  
  garden produce. That is the case in a normal year.

  This has not been a normal year.

  This year was an anomaly. By the end of June we had received forty-two  
  inches of rain, which is about our yearly average. With lots of wet  
  and less than normal sunshine, the weeds and the bugs responded faster  
  than the veggies. The tomatoes had a bad time of it. Now, after three- 
  and-a-half inches of Hurricane Gustav's after-showers, only sunshine  
  is needed for the second heavy load of green tomatoes to make it to  
  ripening. For the first time all year the basil is coming on strong.  
  Sweet potatoes look good. Early potatoes were fine. Squash had a devil  
  of a time of it; I confidently gave away all of my zucchini plants  
  save two and watched in bewilderment as both plants started setting  
  fruit and then withered and died. A first.

  September is starting out cool. There was a bit of sunshine today.  
  Perhaps we will now experience the second coming.

  I'm ready for it.
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