Who Knew? Went Outside To Wet My Plants, And It's Raining

**hawgrider** · 08-06-2019, 03:06 PM

Originally Posted by Broncosfan

Yes we have city water even though we live in the country. Coal mining from years didn't help the water quality so now when you build you have no choice but to hook up to water if its available. A lot of people have cisterns and on dry spells they fill tanks at the water company office. Its not unusual to see a pickup with a water tank in the back. I need to add at least 2-3 tanks to my water collection system and then I would have close to 1000 gallon capacity which should make it through the dry spells. Right now the collection system only collects from 25% of my roof.

The thought of paying for water makes me shudder.

I've never had anything but wells.

**Mister Mills** · 08-06-2019, 04:37 PM

It has rained like crazy around here, and that was without a tropical storm hitting land. It finally relented for a while, but it is sure to pick up again.

**BucketBack** · 08-07-2019, 03:27 AM

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**rstanek** · 08-07-2019, 04:13 AM

Planted onions in April, dug them up yesterday, most about baseball size......some a little bigger......tomatoes are doing ok, planted those late, it will be a couple weeks before any of those are ready.....

**hawgrider** · 08-07-2019, 05:10 AM

Originally Posted by rstanek

Planted onions in April, dug them up yesterday, most about baseball size......some a little bigger......tomatoes are doing ok, planted those late, it will be a couple weeks before any of those are ready.....

My onions were a fail. Tomatoes still green.

**Broncosfan** · 08-07-2019, 07:36 AM

Originally Posted by hawgrider

My onions were a fail. Tomatoes still green.

I would have thought your tomatoes would be ready by now. We have had plenty enough to sell to a couple of people and eat all we can. I have tomatoes fro lunch and dinner almost everyday. That reminds me I need to go pick the Supersweet 100's it won't be long and we will be dehydrating those for winter salads.

**Broncosfan** · 08-07-2019, 07:38 AM

Originally Posted by hawgrider

My onions were a fail. Tomatoes still green.

Hawgrider I am sure glad you reminded me about the Cherokee Purple there one of my top produces.

**hawgrider** · 08-07-2019, 07:41 AM

Originally Posted by Broncosfan

Hawgrider I am sure glad you reminded me about the Cherokee Purple there one of my top produces.

My absolute favorite heirloom mator.

Yup still green we are a couple 3 weeks or so behind you we had a very chilly spring.

**Broncosfan** · 08-07-2019, 08:04 AM

Originally Posted by hawgrider

My absolute favorite heirloom mator.

Yup still green we are a couple 3 weeks or so behind you we had a very chilly spring.

I sure hope you get to eat some before a frost gets them! lol

**hawgrider** · 08-07-2019, 08:12 AM

Originally Posted by Broncosfan

I sure hope you get to eat some before a frost gets them! lol

Plenty of time yet.

The first sweet corn just hit round here normally its available first of July for the early strains

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