Pulled my taters this morning. There were only a handful from the half-dozen plants, which is a little disappointing. However, there are a few reasons for the low yield: 1) bugs got to the leaves early on and the plants never fully recovered, 2) the soil is still very hard even though I double dug the plot (need to add some straw or something similar to loosen the soil in the future), and they needed another couple of weeks to finish developing (though the baby taters should taste great).

The weather has been decent lately, we have finally cracked the 90's for a few days in a row. Cooler next week, but one can take comfort in summers return.

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Went to Frisco this afternoon for some tamarind past and noticed that the wheat fields are ready for harvest and the corn is not far behind. I have never seen the wheat ripen here as the last few years it was too dry and farmers either did not plant or they plowed it all under early. cool huh?