Things are happening down on The Farm

I'll be going to The Farm tomorrow, so I figured I better put this post up before it becomes obsolete. I went to The Farm last Sunday, and things were kind of a mixed bag. We have had a metric shit ton of rain lately. We had no rain -- zero, zip, nada -- for the first two weeks of July, then had 11 inches in the last two weeks, making it the rainiest July on record. And the rain has continued into August. We're supposed to have some sun tomorrow, Sunday and Monday, but then rain the rest of the week. And, of course, it is raining as I write this.

This is good/bad for crops. Plants need water, but they need sun, too, and too much water will kill them just as dead as too little. As it is, the plants are mostly okay, but the production is off. Here, the second crop of beans is growing nicely, but not much in flowers yet. Still a couple weeks away from any major production:

The carrots are going gangbusters. We thinned properly this year:

The first bean crop is done, except for the pole beans that snuck in there:

The third bean crop is coming along, should flower in a week or two:

I am so tired of chard, but it keeps producing:

The kale (two kinds) is almost done -- burning up. We are pretty much past kale season:

The okra is coming along. A little early for production, but only a couple weeks away, I think:

The peppers are not digging the rain, but they are starting to produce:

Shitty picture, but look at all those serranos. A little sun, and some will turn red:

Some harvesting took place. First off, we got some early carrots. The effect of the proper thinning shows, as these are bigger than most of the carrots we have harvested in the past:

This is the last of the first bean crop. Not bad for a final harvest:

Of course, lots of chard:

A few peppers. Lots more to come, I suspect:

Kale, as well. Probably close to the last:

The tomatoes, squash and zucchini don't look so hot. Could rally late, I suppose, but March and April rains kept me from building beds, so the gourds went in late, no onions or potatoes at all, and the tomatoes are suffering from the rain, as well. We'll see how things turn out.