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Garlic was harvested, only 2 onions remain active, herb garden is thriving in the heat, deer ate the peppers and okra, and the cuke yield has been limited due to the heat. This is the first time in 15 years that deer have eaten my pepper plants. I think the extreme dry weather has caused them to alter their foraging.

Only 2 onions remain. The remainder have been harvested.

My streak of trout on the fly ended in February at 40 consecutive months. So, I am now on a new 4-month streak. Right now, water temps and low levels make it a certainty that any trout I catch would die, so I am hoping for a cooling trend sometime before the end of August as I caught my July fish in 65 degree water on 7/4.

Is she a member here?

So, now Jimmy Fallon has to go back to work?

Gutter...if you ever want to try fly fishing the northwestern part of the state, you know where I am. I even have extra gear...all you need is a license as the waters I fish are conservations zones that are patrolled by fish and game regularly.

I fish for panfish and smallmouth in the summer when waters are too warm to fish for trout. Fortunately, with the cool weather this summer, that is not been that often.

My cukes are in a raised cart that I built. It has two compartments that hold about 6 cubic feet of soil each. I plant 2 cuke plants in each bed along with parsley and basil, which are "friendly" to the cuke plants. I built a trellis of sorts which goes up about 6 feet above the soil surface, constructed of wood with a retired fly line making a mesh that the cuke vines can climb.

It's a raised bed, and a little dog. It's unlikely that the urine is getting there in any significant quantity.

Looks like only 2 days of fly fishing this weekend as the weather forecast has deteriorated, with hotter temps arriving Sunday rather than Monday. Barring unusual circumstance, I will be getting my September trout, which is good.

Hey gutter. I have 2 tomato plants and 4 cucumber plants. The tomato plants frankly do not produce enough for us, but the cukes are overwhelmingly productive. 2 seems to be the magic number for tomato plants, though. It seems that any time I plant more than that, the deer invade. I plant peppers around the 2 tomato plants, and have my dog piss in the area in front of the garden and the deer seem to stay away.

JT should do the honorable thing and decline. Yean, right...

I was surprised at the following players falling far in my draft: DJ Moore Brian Robinson Jr. Alvin Kamara Jaxson Smith-Njigba Kenneth Walker

I am quite sure that you are all eager for an onion update. I harvested most of my onions last year, and the few that regrew are rather disappointing. The whole experience of onion growing has lost its lustre. I will be buying Vidalias going forward. The garlic crop this year was also a little light, but I am not ready to give up on them, and will replant in the next few days. I had an outstanding year with tomatoes, several varieties of peppers, kirby cucumbers, eggplant, asparagus and just about every herb you could imagine. I have made about 8 batches of refrigerator pickles since early July. In terms of herbs, I have bumper crops of rosemary, sage (3 varieties), thyme, lemon thyme, curly parsley, Italian parsley, sweet basil, globe basil, cilantro, tarragon, Mexican tarragon, oregano (perrenial), and mint. It's awesome, right?

I will update in the other thread.