Notta Lotta Farm

Tuesday, July 19, 2022

Get Ready For Tomatoes

Here they come! If we have hot weather after all this rain the tomatoes are going to be bursting at the seams!

Abe Lincoln

Emmy came for eggplant.

Blue Ridge Mountain

Lemon Boy

The gourds are starting to cling and grow up the bamboo.

Everyone's favorite...Sunsugar!

Beautiful pick last night.

A really small Park's Whopper.

Huge Gertie's Gold

BL minus the T and collards from the garden.

Ava is a new farm hand.

People we have corn, real ears of corn! I am so proud! I honestly didn't think it would happen.

Black Vernissage

Mexican Minis

Tumbling Tom

Mortgage Lifter

Thursday, July 14, 2022

And We Are Off

The corn got blown down and I left it for a few days. I was so disheartened. Michael let me borrow a few of his big sticks to use for supports. Mark thinks I have lots my mind.

Nature is such an amazing thing! A few days later this is what it looks like. While they were down the tops still reached for the sun. The trunks look a little strange but the tops look awesome.

And I found some cornsilks.

Well, lookie there. a Park's Whopper!

Black Vernissage

Not sure but I think this might be a rogue pumpkin.

Look at this. I think the cart might need to go down by the street.

First tomato from the tomato tree.

Lemon Boy

Look at those wonderful Abe Lincoln's!

Somedays it is hard for me to keep up and I love it. My days are planned and they all have vegetables in them!

Wednesday, July 6, 2022

Tying Up Tomatoes

This is for reference as to how tall these tomatoes are getting. These are the Mexican Mini's.

Then we had to get out the ladder to reach the very top.

We ended up tying the Mexican Minis and the Sun Sugars together.

If this garden continues to grow like it is will be able to supply the neighborhood, the church, and Wammyville with enough vegetables to last a really long time.

Yesterday was a rough one. We had a Corn 911 emergency. We had a storm with high winds with torrential downpours and it knocked down all of the four sisters. I was sick to my stomach. I tried to get Mark to help me do whatever I could but he just kept saying let nature take its course. What do you think farmers do when they have bad storms?

So I called Murph and sent him pictures of the damage. He talked to his boss and clocked out early and made stakes so we could stake them up. I made ties. It didn't take him very long to get here. Oh, and the temp was in the high 90's with nothing but humid sunshine!

Before you say anything...Murph always goes shirtless. And always wear long sleeves in the garden. Usually, I wear long pants too. It just makes me itchy.

He staked them. I handed the materials to him.

The sunflowers were down also and the beans were so tangled up.

We got them all staked. They were looking like they wanted to stand back up. I called my 'twin' and asked him what to do. He basically talked me off the ledge. I don't know how farmers accept all that nature throws at them.

MORNING REPORT...everything looks like it will make it.

Friday, July 1, 2022

Look At That Garden Grow!

The first thing Mark and I did when we work up the morning after getting home from vacation was...take a walk in the garden. Oh my gosh. I never realized how fast things could grow in a week. Thanks to all the garden fairies that helped make sure everything was watered while we were gone.