I do love my gardening. Things were harder this year to get growing. Although I made some nice tomatoes the quantity is down. All the wind we had earlier really hurt them by knocking off flowers. I had a nice short early crop of snap bean, it got too hot too early this year. Hoping the fall weather is better. Bob, I make my own cow manure. I bag freshly mowed grass clippings and set them in the sun for a month or two. When I open them I get hit in the face with that good ol' cow poop smell. It's wet and slimy at this stage. I dump it in the garden to dry and then till it in. It better than anything you can buy and it's free. It's turned my hard packed black clay into fine garden soil. By the way Mike, the figs trees are doing great. I want to try to make it to Mr. Richards in a few weeks when his figs are ripening to check them out. When I go, I'll give you a call.
"gene"