Time to Harvest

We are having fall weather, and, believe it or not, I have been able to harvest some of my produce. The cucumber plants were producing for about 2 to 3 weeks at 1 cucumber every day, and now an occasional one still shows up. The tomatoes are turning red, and now it is their turn. Next it will be time to pick the green peppers. The only disaster was the sweet corn which failed completely. It appears that corn will not grow in that spot.

So a new plan for next year. One plant nursery had a picture of a postage stamp orchard on a 10 by 20 plot. That is the exact size I was using for the corn. They show how you can have 6 dwarf fruit trees in that space. Well that is my next challenge. I have ordered 2 peach trees and 1 each of apricot, pear, red and yellow apple. I'm real excited about the prospect of having my own little orchard. I turned over the soil with a garden fork that belonged to my father which must be over 100 years old. Then I plan to plant each tree in top soil as well. It will be interesting to see if it will work. I also have an animal sound repellent to keep the animals away, I hope.

With the national election getting closer, I would like to add a few points of my own. During the democratic convention our national debt went up to 16 trillion dollars. To me, I think we need to stop spending money that we don't have and increasing our debt. In the presidential election we have a choice between an financial expert or a novice who has to rely completely on others for advice. For me, you can't beat experience. We already had a reduction in our credit rating under the present administration.