Nothing special going on in the garden, except that we still haven't gotten late blight. Fingers crossed!
It has now hit every county in NY, spread across almost all of the north east and wiped out a lot of fields in the south.
Hopefully I'll get to make lots of sauce to freeze again this year. Tomatoes and potatoes are going to be like gold in the US this year.
This is what came directly over our house and scared the crap out of me! lol. I couldn't figure out what the sound was, and by the time my brain caught up that I KNEW what that noise was, it had already passed over the roof. I still got some pretty good pictures as it landed in the field across the road though:
They had to pull it away from the trees it ran in to before they could deflate it (ouch).
The one in the back tried landing three times in the same field before they gave up and made an emergency landing farther down the hill. They had it on the nightly news - apparently, around here, we don't have anything more important to report on. lol.
A friend in the city had a bat invasion the other night. Since he managed to catch one, he brought it up to us to be released. City bat became a country bat! :)
We didn't get very good pictures since we didn't want to stress him out any more than he already was. The girls were oooing and awwwwing that he was so cute . . . until he showed his teeth.
So, that's what has been going on around here.
Hope everyone's gardens are doing well.
Happy growing!
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We've had blight unfortunately but I dug up all my potatoes before it hit so there was only the usual slug damage. Fingers crossed my tomatoes are still okay!
I've seen, and heard, hot-air balloons like that and like you I'm always caught out wondering what the heck! Great to see them though.
I don't mind one bats, it's when there's lots...
The plot is doing well, and I'm harvesting and eating everything with just the sweetcorn to come. xx
Hiya Flighty!
Tomatoes still unscathed? That blight has been on a wipe-out mission this year.
I imagine you've gotten the sweet corn by now?
You've probably harvested almost everything? Time to start planning out next year! :)
You're right I had my first sweetcorn last week -
http://flightplot.wordpress.com/2009/09/06/s-is-for/
-delicious!
Apart from that I'm still harvesting carrots and runner beans.
Yes I'm already thinking about next year! xx
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