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Our ground is still frozen,can't even dig 6" with a shovel ,hard as a rock still. Even the raised beds are frozen full of ice crystals. We had a bunch of snow and then ice. As it all melted the ground soaked it up and then it re froze like a popsicle.😄 I'm not even sure we're doing a big vegetable garden this year because the Summers have been so dry the past 3 years. With a big garden we were paying $100+ a mo. during the Summer for city water and it just isn't worth doing a big grow ,there's no profit if there's no rain. Might just plant some heat and drought resistant plants/ flowers instead.

That's beautiful! Now where'd you get it?

I recommend if you're in the area to drop in and see what they have. Great deals on almost everything in the NEW tackle section. They have a very large selection. Bob did a fantastic job on the displays! I thought I saw a sign that said Zoom 10 bags for $10 and most everything there is priced to sell. Hooks weights line reels rods , lures, tons of crappie stuff 😄 Go check it out you wont be disapointed I heard they will be selling live bait this Spring too🙂

Just a little update heading into Fall. Peppers were the main cash crop this year having harvested just shy of 71 lbs of just jalapenos. The plants got huge!! Bees 🐝 were all over them every morning helping me all Summer,then they just disappeared and haven't seen a single bee in about 2 weeks now since we had those 50° nights. I don't expect any more jalapenos after this month. Just extremely thankful for what we got ! Will be picking the last of the green bells,habanero and Serrano today. Finally have some big Belgium green tomatoes on the vine and hoping they ripen nicely because it's been about two months since I've picked a big ripe red tomato,and those weren't that big compared to the ones now. Took a couple pounds of Sweet Heart maters last night too. Love those things mmm😋 That pretty much wraps up this season. (Won't have much of a fall crop except for just some lettuce and spinach)

I was fishing there yesterday and I've been fishing long enough to know when my lure snags in fishing line. I was using 17lb test so I just wrapped it around my hand and slowly pulled up a nest of red cajun line and a small log. Followed that line about 20 yds up to the bank and it's tied to a couple year old strike king series 6 in citrus shad with one little piece of a rusted out treble hook hung in a different line😄, I cut the crank off and began pulling in this other line now it was maybe 6-8lb blue stren, attached to the end of it was a homemade inline musky size spinner 😄. So yeah I pulled about 100'+ of line out of the lake yesterday. Fishing was really good too with that overcast sky!

I've ate a few ,not gonna lie. Spots only though. I refuse to eat largemouth or brownies. Will be trying for some catfish next time. Freezer is getting low on groceries.

Take what you can get. Worst year for BIG tomatoes I've ever had. (Cherry tomatoes are still looking really good I must have picked a drought resistant variety plants got huge and formed their own hedge row 😄 The main point here is you take what the good Lord gives ya and be happy! A Serrano plant ,next time I should take pics before I pick em lol. This year has been the BEST pepper crop I've ever had. ALL my varieties are thriving in this Summers weather. Even though the mater is my annual cash crop, I've been able to make up some ground with peppers. Tallest jalapeno plants I've ever grown darn near 6' as tall as me haha !

Sorry I haven't reported in a while. We all know black bass fishing is good on the Bull. All I have been doing is targeting largemouth and looking for stained to dirty water. I haven't caught a bass deeper than 8' all summer. Most are in that 2-6' zone. I don't have water temps because I haven't had to use any electronics to catch fish. I can just stick the paddle in the water to see how deep it is 😄 Been throwing the same lipless crankbaits for 2 months. Find a productive area, fish it from all possible angles, and make hundreds of casts a day and you will catch fish on them. Using a high speed reel is a must just because they want it fast, and a slow reel will just wear you out trying to fish a lipless for 4-5 hours. Went out the other evening after some rain and the air temps dropped from 98 to 78 😁Didn't take but about 2 casts to get bit. Average size I've been catching is 13-17" with the occasional 3lb fish and averaging around 20 fish per trip. They aren't lunker's ,but it's a lot of action on a bait I love to throw. The majority of my fishing trips have all been half days starting at day break and done by 10 or 11. Have yet to catch a fish with a hook hole in it's face other than mine. Good luck , and I will report back in a month or so.

Please God make it rain! 🙏 Extreme drought situation. You know you're in trouble when every toad in the neighborhood is taking a shower under your soaker hose.

I like their noodles that's about it 😄

Well it seems I thwarted another theft last night. It was around 1:30am. Just happened to be outside drinking a beer stargazing and heard something walking in the woods on my property. Grabbed the spot light and saw a shirtless man who looked like the typical mountain man stereotype. How he was walking through the woods with no flashlight was beyond me. I didn't say anything just kept the light shining on him as he crossed the road and back into the woods. One warning shot was fired .

Yeah, the closer you get to the bigger cities the more hot house veggies you see being sold as "home grown" ,, imo. Like those Amish grown tomatoes I've seen and tried that are supposed to be delicious , YUK , couldn't tell the difference between them and Wal Mart tomatoes lol beautiful looking, but taste like crap

First time growing these ,,,,,I think lol Carolina Gold Have 1 plant that was stunted due to cold feet 😃 but it's producing some beautiful food.

Finally finally finally got my first ripe Belgium Pink tomato. Man this year sucks weather wise. Trying to grow maters that hate anything over 90° isn't easy. Should have about a dozen ready by the end of the weekend if they don't cook on the vine first, dang. Sunflowers are done, first time growing them and it was a success, they got big just like the seed pack said about 14-15' tall, big heads about 12-14" wide. Not bad for a rookie. Picking cherry tomatoes every other day about 20lbs of em a week off 7 plants About to harvest the first red and yellow bell peppers,man they take forever to change from green. Jalapeno plants are getting quite large almost 5' tall now and bushy. Bees are going nuts on everything , finally!

It rained here hard for about ten minutes . Ground was so dry the drops were bouncing off it. Then the sun came out and it all evaporated 🤣

I wont be doing a fall crop of anything this year if this weather keeps up. I don't have the sheets lying on the plants ,just suspended above them draped over like a canopy and attached to their trellace fences. So far this is the worst season in 10 years for Belgium tomatoes, the flowers just won't set and burn up brown and crispy, at $3-4 per pound at market it's usually my cash crop,not yet this year, it's peppers. They are thriving in this heat and bringing a good price for the colored bell varieties🙂😣

They would be the victim of gunshot wounds . Sounds like we both live in a drug infested neighborhood, two years ago the home on the corner down at the end of the street exploded when the meth chef made a mistake😊. I seriously doubt these crooks come back. It's as bright as daytime in the garden now with motion lights. The entire back yard and front yard area is lit up when you walk by/in it. Even when you drive by most of the lights turn on. I googled tweaker, and it said they don't like bright lights 😄

I know MO laws on property protection and trespassing and plan to follow them . As for the traps, that's up to the judge and jury to decide I guess if a trespassing thief falls in it. 🤷‍♂️ (Nobody else is at risk of being hurt by them, just white trash thieving bastards)

Rather be judged by 12 than carried by 6.

We need rain so bad. Im using bed sheets to try and cover my tomato plants with a shade canopy . Never had to do this before. They had zero shade before, sun all day. 100° all week Just got the water bill $149

Wrench I'll send you some pics of the victim/s if you want? Are you into that kinda stuff? Bloody methbillies😂

Well you see I had to clarify it with the law first. So when it happens they already knew about it and know why. I had to make my case first. I can't just hurt someone and then expect to plead my case after ,then that would be my word vs theirs? How's that gonna fly lol

Maybe I played too many violent video games as a child 🤣

I don't like dogs. Any stray dog I use for target practice. I like boobie traps and guns. The sound of someone screaming in pain because they tried to rob me, I'm not Kidding😊

Ozark County. Sheriff's Dept. Is priority calls only (from the way I interpreted the news articles),limited patrolling, might have to let some deputies go, due to the inflation/ department costs . An over the phone discussion was had and a verbal report made. I don't like scumbag thieves. They case the neighborhood during the day driving their pos junkers. They might be crazy on drugs 😮 man, most likely. What if they decide to break into the house next?? So it's buy more ammo, and set boobies traps I dug two holes abkut 3' wide and shin/knee deep today and put sharpened nail boards at the bottom,then hid them with grass and weeds,hung up more signs. Put up more motion lights. I rely on this extra income from the garden every year to pay for my Fall and Winter fishing trips, these people are taking money out of my wallet so that's why I'm so protective , too bad if they get a sore foot and an butt full of hot slug😉