Our corn that was laid down by the wind is now standing back up like it should be. We are so happy!
There’s even a few stalks that were under the tree now standing. Some of them no longer have tops, but nonetheless have stood back up in an effort to grow. Plants really do want to grow.
The first real picking of beans is ready and we can hardly keep up with gathering squash, cucumbers, and zucchini.
We’ve had a few ripe tommy-toes and there’s one small Cherokee purple tomato turning.
The gardens are really thriving with all the moisture we’ve had. Since the storm that brought down the trees we’ve had storms every evening. One of them took the power off for several hours. Thankfully there’s been no more fallen trees. As I type this there’s a gentle summer rain falling outside my window.
We are studying on whether or not to plant additional corn in the big garden, but other than that we’re done planting until we start our fall garden.
Here’s the best planting signs for July 2025.
Taurus: good for all root crops and above ground crops 18, 19
Cancer: best for planting above ground and root crops 22, 23
Scorpio: best for flowers and above ground crops 4, 5, 31
Pisces: good for planting and transplanting above ground crops, trees and shrubbery 13, 14, 15
Tipper
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Be the Best of Whatever You Are
If you can’t be a pine on the top of the hill,
Be a scrub in the valley- but be
The best little scrub by the side of the rill;
Be a bush if you can’t be a tree.
We can’t all be captains, we’ve got to be crew,
There’s something for all of us here,
There’s big work to do, and there’s lesser to do, And the task you must do is near.
If you can’t be a highway then just be a trail, If you can’t be the sun be a star;
It isn’t by size that you win or you fail-
Be the best of wherever you are.
Author unknown. Just wanted to share for your wisdom.
April, thank you!
Good advice for all of us. I so enjoy your writings about your garden and putting it up. My Dad was a Produce Buyer and so we always had fresh vegetables to share. He later became a Banana Salesman and we always had a stem of bananas in our garage for the neighborhood. God has been very good to me over the years. Sharing is caring!
Isn’t creation just amazing?! It’s a quote from a movie, but my husband always says “Life finds a way.” It sure does. Things just want to grow ❤️
So glad your corn has (mostly) survived. Hope it does well!
I have a couple of burning questions (hahaha)
1) What kind / brand of popsicles do you and Matt eat?
2) Has Paul ever been married and does he live in the house down
below Granny’s (lighter siding)?
Love to watch you and Matt. Celebrating Appalachia is my favorite YouTube channel.
Keep up the good work.
Glenda, we eat the Outshine brand of popsicle. They are really good! Paul does live below Granny and has never been married 🙂 So glad you enjoy what we do! We appreciate you watching!
So happy your corn is standing up! Corn can take a beating and lots of times it will stand right back up. I have 3 tomato plants with one tomato on each and they are full of blooms. I try to remain hopeful. Husband loves hot peppers, so he planted 2 plants, one is full of little peppers, the other one, nothing. He also planted some cucumber plants, he’s a town guy and I was the country girl, and he is so excited he has seen a baby cucumber. Living in town, we don’t have much space, but we found a spot after having a tree cut down and so we have a tiny, little garden. The heat and humidity are unbearable, but we water and keep watching 🙂 Actually, it’s been a lot of fun.
I’m glad your corn is standing back up! Beware that corn that gets blown over like that is more susceptible to smut. If the spores of the stuff are in the ground, raindrops can splatter them up into the top and from there be spread by the wind into other plants. That’s what happened to me last year.
I’m not going to comment about problems I have with my own garden any more. I fear I might add to the worries of people who have too many already.
Yay to the hardiness of corn! May the gardens remain damage free from here on, regardless of storms. Replanting more could be a test run to see how late one can still get a crop.
I’ve planted my first garden this year and I’m excited but who knows if I’ll get anything. I have raccoons and this morning I saw an armadillo headed back there! I think I saw him carrying a fork, lol!
I read where Randy said after Memorial Day it was dry where he is, I’m sorry about that. It made me think. My Daddy always says,” after the 4th of July, you blink a few times and Christmas is here.” The older I get the more true that feels.
It’s truly a blessing your corn wants to grow! In everything GOD IS good!
I’m so happy to hear the corn is standing back up. We have field corn planted in two different areas, where one field gets wind damage and the other floods. The corn on the higher elevation took a beating a few weeks ago, but you would never know it by looking at it now. Field corn is much taller, stouter, and planted just inches apart, making it harder to blow over. The wind damage can’t compare to the damage caused by deer. They must have a way of alerting deer from surrounding counties where the party is. They are taking over!
So happy for you all that the corn perked back up. Hopefully all will be good for the remainder of the season!
Glad to hear that your corn stood up! I have some early girls already, just waiting on them to ripen. That plant has grown tall. My Cherokee has blooms, hopefully will produce some tomatoes. I can’t believe its July already.
Isiah 55:13-13 For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace:the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing , and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands . Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree ,and instead of the brier shall come up the Myrtle tree:and it shall be to the LORD for a name ,for an everlasting sign that shall not be cut off.
Now I’m not big into signs mainly because there appears to have been 13 months not so long ago -the missing month was called SOL. But I know one sign for sure-that my little buddy down in NC ain’t willing to take no for answer and will not be outdone by a few downed trees and knocked over corn. The sign is she is one tough and resilient lady who has a strong resolve and outstanding resolve!!!! That corn knows it should stand up and grow and is tough like the gardener!!! Y’all are tough and strong folks and I thank the Lord you are!!! I hope you’re collecting garden bounty like gold coins. Good luck to you all with the gardens!
Whatever corn you get from your plants will taste even sweeter for having survived the storms and fallen trees. It might end up being the best corn you’ve ever had.
Our tomatoes are slowly coming in, but I think our cucumbers may be just about played out, except for the last kind we planted, which has blooms but no cucumbers last time I looked. We’ve had green beans a couple of times and shared them with friends and family. Our squash plants are dying one by one due to some kind of bug. We’re still getting yellow squash, though. Now, the bug must not like the Tromboncino squash because those are really thriving! I have to fight it back off my Malabar spinach and Sweet 100 Tommy toes every couple of days. We tried one of them as a summer squash but I didn’t care for it so we’ll let them keep growing as winter squash and see what we think. I don’t expect they’ll be invited back to our garden party next year, though.
So happy to hear your corn is recovering. Sounds like the rest of the garden is thriving too. Wonderful news!
I may have to go get some corn. Sure sounds good for supper. I love your cookbook.
We got a hard rain yesterday afternoon. Our garden is a little behind after we had to replant all of our tomatoes this year. Only a few green ones…no ripe ones yet. Our cucumbers are looking good with lots of blooms and our pumpkin patch looks very promising. We have some tiny peppers coming on too. Our apple trees are loaded, and I just hope we can keep the squirrels out. Corie would have loved to see a huge hawk sitting on a power line out in front of our house just a few minutes ago. Maybe he was guarding my apples from those pesky little critters.
I am happy to hear your corn is coming back, I wrote in a comment that corn can take a beating, come back and still do good. I have also commented that once again deer have ate everything I had planted except for my tomatoes, they have even been eating my few strawberry plants. I have been eating tomatoes during the last two weeks from my Early Girl plants. My other tomatoes have not started coming in. I don’t guess it really maters about the deer, we have not had a drop of rain in the last two weeks, I see thunderstorms around us, but none here. For the last few years, this seems to be the normal for my area, hot and dry after Memorial Day continuing through the summer months.
It seems like yesterday we were writing and saying Happy New Year to each other, now the year is half over!
I’m so glad the corn came back. Have a great rest of the week!
It is so good to hear about all your garden bounty. My tomato plants have done horrible this year. They all have turned brown and never really grew. I guess this just isn’t my year for gardening.
I am so happy your corn is doing better. Praise the Lord!
What a blessing to have some of your corn standing back up!