After the Deluge

We just got through two days of steady rain.  1.5" each day.  This brings our July rain total to 9.25" which is the rainiest month since I started keeping records in 2015.  We also had .5" on June 30th so if you throw that in, we've had steady rain for three weeks resulting in 9.75"

'eGads!

This is the time of year that the Buffalo, NY area has its garden walks.  One lady on Facebook said that her garden was supposed to be on the walk, but due to weather conditions she was doing a video instead.  From her kayak.  She posted her video of herself kayaking through her garden,

Poor gal.

 

The Dahlias are still beautiful and have been hosting the bees throughout the deluge. The only definite casualty is the sage plant.  The bush beans are a little bedraggled.  They lost a lot of lower leaves which lay black and rotting on the ground.  I cleaned them up yesterday

Now there is plenty of airflow in there.  They are beginning to produce.  We had some for supper tonight and they were so delicious.

This corner of the garden is gorgeous and green.

The best day for pollinating the early sweet corn was two days ago when the morning was dry and sunny.  All of the pollen has dropped from the tassels now. 
In a week or two we will find out if it was enough.

The Buckwheat is off and running

The sweet potato vines have taken hold.  The third plant in this bag (center back) is the one I planted the 4th of July as a replacement and it is catching up fast.

I cleaned any yellowing leaves from the Cauliflower and Cabbage.
All of the remaining plants are still looking great.  I have my eye on that big green cabbage for sauerkraut.

The tomato plants are in their prime and absolutely gorgeous with no disease.  I gave them a good pruning today and removed any misshapen fruit.  Because they are in containers the excessive rain really didn't affect them that much.  I wanted to be sure there was enough air space under them so they would dry out.

This is the Patio Choice red cherry. 

 It is absolutely loaded and should begin to ripen in the coming week.