Fed up with the garden

[masseyrider]

tried to dig a few taters. Plants were big, bloomed and are dying back. Should be taters. Roots, a few pea sized babies and that's all. The tops have died back too much for them to size up. This garden thing really sucks this year. Cabbage isn't worth picking with the bugs. Majority of my squash have now collapsed with powdery mildew. Corn is green as possible and over 6 foot tall.

 

[oldballs]

My melon patch is looking good for the first picking.......

 

[masseyrider]

My melon patch is looking good for the first picking.......

Total envy here.

 

[Jstpssng]

Total envy here.

Ditto here. My cucumbers started getting diseased at about the same time they set on fruit, my corn and tomatoes are asking for fur coats to try to keep warm.

 

[masseyrider]

Almost every day or two we get more rain. Not flooding but it never dries out and it's adding to the humidity. Just allowing the fungus to wipe out everything susceptible.

 

[Oaktree]

Ditto here. My cucumbers started getting diseased at about the same time they set on fruit, my corn and tomatoes are asking for fur coats to try to keep warm.

Even with all the rain, mine hasn't done badly. Cukes are just starting to produce, got a few green tomatoes and blossoms on the squash & pole beans. All are fairly typical for early August. Corn is a bit ahead of normal...I've got ears but they're nowhere near ripe yet. Most years don't usually get corn until almost Labor day. Several nights last week in the low 40s didn't seem to hurt anything.
Was weeding around the potatoes a couple days ago and accidentally pulled one up...had several 2½" ones on that one plant.

Only got one cutting on the broccoli, second cutting was kind of bitter so that's done for the year. Usually get at least 2, sometimes 3 cuttings.

 

[masseyrider]

The red taters are about lemon size, but starting to rot because of all the rain. Planted on decent draining ground, so no standing water, but it just doesn't get a chance to dry off.
They threatened us with severe rain possible for the last 2 days and somehow we didn't get it... until this evening.
It's coming down steady elephants and hippos for the last 5 hours. Sump pump is kicking in every 10 minutes or so and my pit is large and deep.
Please don't fail!

 

[Alan46]

The red taters are about lemon size, but starting to rot because of all the rain. Planted on decent draining ground, so no standing water, but it just doesn't get a chance to dry off.
They threatened us with severe rain possible for the last 2 days and somehow we didn't get it... until this evening.
It's coming down steady elephants and hippos for the last 5 hours. Sump pump is kicking in every 10 minutes or so and my pit is large and deep.
Please don't fail!

Just a suggestion….have a backup just in case! You know the phrase “ better to have it and not need it then need it and not have it “

 

[MAX-24-Dean]

Our beans all died out from a three days of 100° F and 8 to 10% humidity. First fail of the season. Other than no quinces growing at all this year.
Pears, Apples, Strawberries and Apricots still going strong, best fruit crop in 10 years.
In our garden the Corn, Melons, Cabbages, Pumpkins, Cukes, Squash, Peas and Sunflowers are still holding in there. Just hope they can beat the heat. Tomorrow is the last forecast day for high temps.

 

[masseyrider]

Just a suggestion….have a backup just in case! You know the phrase “ better to have it and not need it then need it and not have it “

I have two in the pit at different levels. When I first moved in the primary one failed and the secondary one had seized from standing too long.
Now I rotate them every time change.