By Andrew Haupt

The dog days are upon us, and the garden has been producing tons of basil and green beans. The summer squash has stopped producing entirely for some reason -- no flowers or fruits. Some cherry tomatoes are coming in, but all the tomatoes in the meadow garden are still green. I pulled the tepary beans yesterday, as they were getting absolutely wrecked by animals.

I started soil blocks of cabbage, kohlrabi, and broccoli -- they’re drying out really fast, however, and I’m not sure how well they’ll do. Redid some of the back garden irrigation on a couple of the beds that had emitters that weren’t working, then planted cabbage, beets, leeks, and onions.

We harvested a ton of pluots -- almost 10 gallons worth. We also harvested another row of potatoes, which yielded 42 pounds of Adirondack Red, and I experimented with storing the Carolas we harvested earlier by settling them in damp sawdust in a bucket and burying it under an oak tree. I’m also frustrated with myself for missing the signs that the sweet corn was ready to pick -- we got a decent amount from the one row, about a 5 gallon bucket full, but many of them dried out on the stalk. I didn’t realize they were ready because they still looked quite small.