After getting somewhere between 11 and 22 inches of rain in June we have went all of this month without rain!!!! we will try to do some tilling today or tomorrow. got to get some stuff planted. It is a tough call whether to try to plant squash this late or just put in buckwheat till time for fall crops or just start planting fall crops. tomatoes are about 2 weeks later than normal in riping taste is ok not great. but every one else is in same boat on this.

Mulch Mulch Mulch. Then don't worry about the rain.

GROW, I don't quite understand your reply. cole mulches with black plastic ,I mulch with straw and grass clippings on my crops that are planted. My problem is not being able to replant areas that the crop has been removed..

We had a very wet end of April-May and early June. We had several inches up to 5-6 inches every week. I had to replant my second planting of zucchini 3 times before I got any. The first two the seeds rotted so I started transplants. Finally I got them in several weeks ago. I did some pretty dumb things, working ground til 3:00 in the morning, laying mulch at midnight, hilling potatoes at 1 in the morning, but it was the only way I got some of the stuff done. It was just dry enough and the forecast was rain for the next 8 days. Now we are getting hot and a little dry. We have plenty of subsoil moisture, but the top is rock hard due to excessive rain pounding down.

I didn't get mulch put down for some crops, like I had wished, because I have had bad luck with mulch and transplants outside. I didn't want to loose more time as I am already behind. So I have had lots of hand weeding, but since I am on top of it, I have made it a priority, things are looking better

My high tunnel tomatoes are doing great. Size is a little smaller and future production is not looking great, I am cleaning up at market. Took 17 bread flats of tomatoes to market on Saturday and came home with 4. We had 100 pints of cherry tomatoes and only have 6 left. The next planting of tomatoes, ones I planted out in a low tunnel, then removed it, are about ready. It is looking like my succession plantings this year were timed out nicely.

Still with that said, I have very little variety at market. Cucumbers, potatoes, onions, cucumbers, zucchini, carrots, storage turnips and some lettuce.

Taxi in the high tunnel has been my biggest money-maker. But they are about to wind down, and most of what I sell will be my cherry mix. I went all non-hybrid in the high tunnel, and other than the Taxi, I am paying for it with lower yield. But the "heirloom" label really sells at market. My big winner for a determinate big red tomato is "Titan Red." Finding this variety and saving seeds from it will be my biggest accomplishment of this season.

I did $200 yesterday, which is not bad, considering it's only coming from less than 500' row feet of tomatoes. My mom and stepdad are trying to plant the countryside, but all they are growing is grass. They have a tractor and 3 or 4 people total, and I am producing a lot more than they are. I kept trying to tell my stepdad, that's how every empire fails - trying to occupy more territory than it can defend.

We had an over $1,100 day on Saturday (combined two markets). I had over 80% of the sales at my market and my wife sold the remaining 20% at our home town market. It was one of those you never stop running kind of days. It makes up for all those long days back in March and April. I hope we can keep this up all of July as it would really help my family to get out of debt.

I know what you mean about defending too much territory.

Nice! Good for you, man.

Like Jrslick, I tried the transplant route for squash and cukes. transplanted some into mud and they are looking good. we had somewhere between 13 and 22 inches of rain in June. I got an additional plot in early May and it has rained heavy ever since I took it on. Never did get it tilled the way I like it. put Toms in half of it and transplanted squash and cuke in another part. Almost dry enough to till today. I had talked to a guy about getting several more plots for this year. Several factors made me back down for this year, and I am glad of that. I may take on some plots this summer to get worked up for fall crops this year and have them ready to roll out for next spring.

Went with all drip tape irrigation this spring, and seems like almost a waste right now with all the rain. It was handy in May, which was dry, but I haven't turned it on since. I've had some trouble with my container tomatoes. I was planning on using a timer for them, but I haven't installed it yet since it has been raining so much. I have to be careful now that the plants are over 6', if we miss the rain they dry out fast. First time with container toms and it has been working well so far, just figuring out the process that works for me.

My container crops are planted using Larry Hall's method in grow bags and a container or kiddie pool with water. 2nd year doing this and happy with results. keeping 1-2 " of water in containers daily and let the plant suck up the water. I do this with tomatoes peppers and cukes. I water by hand with a hose since I observe everything daily. takes about 5-15 minutes a day. by the way, I have several hundred feet of drip lines still in there shipping box. what I put in the hoop house works great.