It's not the Heat it's the Humidity!

There is nothing like pulling weeds and moving large rocks around in a nice hot, humid Minnesota day! It is state fair time and the humidity has arrived just in time.  Maybe even soon enough to revive my rutabagas.  I actually pulled a tomato plant out today because it just wasn't producing.  The plant looked healthy but it only had one green tomato left and a couple of blossoms.  It did produce about 5 tomatoes earlier, some good size, but it was a losing battle with the Maple tree roots.  Next year will be a different story with the vegetable garden.  More inter-planting of tomatoes with the perennial garden and maybe a raised bed for the rutabaga or beans, or maybe no rutabaga. I'm excited about the change of combining the two gardens, but dreading the work.  I think the best solution at this time is to continue with the rubber edging and rock combination.  I'm ready to be done with the structural part of the garden so I can focus on the purpose of attracting bees, butterflies and birds. Seriously, I just want to be in the garden, not constantly creating it! 
Ok, so today is 70 degrees and no humidity, and I did take advantage of that and moved some more rocks!  I have some serious digging to do to expand the rain garden area, but I am getting more excited about finishing this part of the garden. Time for photos...

August 17th and still getting peas!  I took the pea plants out several days later and got another bowl full!

Removing the old plastic edging and putting in the brown rubber edging.

Finished with the edging and rock/paver layout by the pond bridge. 

Green beans in foreground doing well, crimson clover just coming up.

Redo of path to shed with large pavers and old rock.  Just need to add some more rock and mulch.

keeping tabs on the blue spruce growth

A series of storm cloud formations to the northwest of us with the setting sun.

This one had lightening inside of it, but I couldn't capture it on film.  Blue sky all around it!

 

These tomato plants are doing well.  I always plant a lot of tomato plants, because stuff happens.



Larry's brussel sprout plant in the foreground.  I like the look of the plant- may use as an ornamental next summer, or maybe in a pot.  Sickly tomatoes behind, soon to be pulled.

Signing off.  Greenie