I do not regularly water my garden. Typically we get enough rain in a summer that I don't water at all, but occasionally I will water from the cistern where we collect rain water from the roof. This summer, however, it has been exceptionally dry, and I have watered every other day for the better part of the past 2 months. There was a week in July that I watered every day, sometimes twice a day when it was terribly hot.
Despite my best efforts, things are not doing well there. The cucumbers started out plentiful, but inedible. Apparently inconsistent water can cause this.
The peppers are just not growing.
The tomatoes have an issue with blossom end rot, which is also related to dry conditions.
The beans and zucchini have done remarkably well.
The corn is just sad. The stalks are only shoulder high, are drying up, and only a few have ears on them.
I looked at one the other day...sad.
It's hard to believe that all the watering that I have done has done very little to improve the garden! Maybe I'll just give up.
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