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(added emphasis mine) It may come to that here too, judging by the extended forecast... chances of rain & storms every day for the next week. At least it looks like it will be dry during the day tomorrow, guess I'd better get in as many of the transplants as possible. I won't be direct-seeding...

Most of the garden is still wet from the deluge, but I planted a few peppers today. The sole Beaver Dam survivor went into a pot, and four Taltos peppers at the garden's edge, where I could reach in without compacting the soil. A small beginning, but at least the garden has officially started...

That dam break made the national news - it looks bad. The reporter was broadcasting from Midland, was that area flooded?

Whoopeee! :weee(ow)... :ya (ow)... :old

I love those big buckets; we have 6 of them, and they will all be in use once the garden gets going. Could even use more of them, actually. They are good for storing the cut-off soybeans for final drying, because mice can't climb the sides. @digitS' , it sounds like you could use a couple...

Pretty soaked here as well; about 4" locally, with many communities more than that. The weather forecaster really missed the mark on that one, we were only forecast for about 1.5"... but the storm slowed down, and basically parked over the Upper Midwest. Not a pounding rain though, the soil...

It is fortunate that I was able to till all of the gardens to 6" depth Friday & Saturday, because we had about 4" of rain since then. It was a slow soaking rain, which doesn't appear to have broken down the surface structure; so when/if it dries, it should still be OK for planting. I had...

Behind my rural garden, there is a very large "wild" garlic patch. I only noticed it a few years ago, when the grass wasn't tall yet & all of the scapes were held high. It turns out that all of the bulbils I cut off & threw out of the garden (and into tall grass) actually took, and after years...

I agree with @Ridgerunner - follow through on getting the well professionally tested before going any further. You want to be sure the well is safe before hooking up to the house. Home water tests are much like home soil tests - inaccurate, and incomplete. A professional will be able to test for...

I've seen walking onions, but wandering garlic? What's next, triffids???:ep

If I planted bush beans that closely in my climate, I would have serious problems with diseases & rodents. I've never been a big fan of tight spacing... as @flowerbug mentioned, you have more plants per square foot (and use proportionally more seed) but get less per plant. Some of my own...

Wow! I hope you are able to post a photo when blooming starts... it should be spectacular.

That might be the one. Although calling it a "yardlong bean" might be a stretch - literally. :lol: Most of the pods in the photo are over-mature & fully inflated; you can just see a small, immature pod in the background. If it were not for the pod inflation (a trait I associate with yardlongs) I...

Hmmm... that might explain why they are out of hand sanitizer too...

Well said. Ditto.