I feel your pain, Steve! I try to keep a variety of garden tools in the back of my car, but every now and then I need that space for things like, say groceries. Inevitably, that will be when the weather is right for a task that I'm not prepared for.

Still haven't gotten the lettuce I started a month ago in the ground yet. Considering growing it as houseplants ... not really : )

Dangit! Sounds like you have a new habit.

Dan

Got it dun!

Intended to run the 31cc mini-tiller on some paths while I was there.

'Cept, I forgot the gas . . .

Steve

Is this your grow op you are writing about or your veggies?

;o)

Dan

Dan, DW showed me my open container of dandelion roots in the fridge. Selected, washed and set in there about 2 weeks ago. They are plenty dry at this point.

I think they can still be roasted into a nice cup of Recession-Proof coffee . . .

Coffee, tea and veggies - they are my motivation, Dan. Forgetfulness has been my companion.

digitS'

Here is where I describe my grow op but I think Robert might have drifted off to places unknown:

Here is a link that might be useful: . . . fallen in a well

Scratched things out flat and . . .

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from early this morning

Bok Choy near the camera. That's Guy Lan across the path, got a little of that moved around, too.

The tail-end (and I mean, the tail-end) of the russet potatoes is there in the upper left corner. I will be cutting off the foliage tomorrow. I am sure that they won't notice at this stage. Had hoped they'd run until frost but I will need to come up with a later variety than Gold Rush.

Steve
digits crossed that they survive 89F on Sunday & 91F on Labor Day

This isn't much of a photograph (cellphone) but it gives testimony that the Asian greens survived transplanting:

I can also say that if those plants are there tomorrow, they survived a record high of 95F today! It's been HOT and will reach 90 on a few more days, according to the Weather Service.

Working my way thru the russets. At better than 1# per square foot, it makes me wonder about the yield of the greens. Is 2# of food per square foot garden something one might be able to expect from a simple succession of potatoes to greens (or greens to potatoes ;o)?

The 1st sowing of bok choy and all is way beyond transplanting stage so we have been enjoying the greens at the table. Tonight it was the komatsuna. Komatsuna is so tender!

I'll do some more transplanting of some of the later sowings when (if) it cools down. There is a steady and growing availability of open ground . . .

Steve :o)

Success!

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That drop of moisture on one leaf, no doubt that was sweat. Going for a record high today of 94F according to the Weather Service! That would beak the previous record by 7 degrees!!

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Earlier direct-seeded plants are trying to bolt but this transplanted bok choy is just growing! The Guy Lon across the path is doing fine, too!

Steve

Steve - that sure is a nice looking crop. I love how certain things cannot be transplanted, but seem to be way more successful when they are transplanted. I always try to get my melons and cucs planted a few weeks early and transplant them, yet it is not supposed to be able to be done. Shh, don't tell the plants.

billie