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July's Drought

  This July has been the worse for our garden as well as for our farmers. Temperatures into triple digits that torched all of our young blooms & plants. Our Governor is asking for help for our farmers. Looks like we are going to loose out corn crops & waiting to see what happens to our soy crops. Here I thought we would have a wonderful summer for once. last few years all we did was get one week of warm weather and rest was cold, rainy or just plain yuck. This year our summer began early in May and now our temperatures are sky high. Why can't we have a happy medium?

Plantain



In our Garden we lost our peas, beans, beets, carrots. and sunflowers. Only holding up is all of our squash and tomatoes. So far my Herb basket is still growing rosemary & in my butterfly packet dill is growing. 

So need my basil and need my healing flowers of calendula, st johns wort, comfrey. I can not believe how much everything is these days. My God we used to just be able to go out & collect seeds & bring home to grow. I now also see how times have changed & no longer able to do that do roads have been built in the middle of our wild fields & now all wild crafting is contaminated. I am very happy that I now have plantain growing in my butterfly/Hummingbird garden as well as my herb garden with a huge dandelion plant.



St John Wort



 So now getting ready for August for our 30th wedding anniversary (REALLY 30 years) our vacation to see our grand kids and who know what else. I am hoping to can tomatoes at least. Maybe some squash!



Comfrey

Holy Basil

 

July 2012

What a summer we are having! Garden hanging in there barely with heat wave. Not much in produce but tomatoes. Peas, Beans, Beets, strawberries are all barely producing. Even with us watering. I did create my echinacea tincture and now have peppermint going. Friend from work, Lynette make us soap & I will be giving her Lavender, chamomile & peppermint for her next batch & we get more soap. Vic & I are struggling for he doesn't seem to want to get a job. I have about had it but not sure what to do. Time will tell.