Clint, hopefully see some sexy tractor pictures soon. Driving in a enclosed bubble is certainly not cool. Having to wait from the hardest country for parts is worse.
I've driven dozens, tractors, loaders and haul trucks without an ac, heat or pressurized cab working. Did beat shoveling sometimes, lol.

Glad your garden is doing well. We basically flopped on ours this year. Tomatoes , garlic, herbs and cabbage are doing well. All berries, fruits and vegetables become neglected. There's always next year, so they say.
I think next year my garden will come back and my animals will take a year off except what's harvested from wild. Kinda sounds like more hunting and fishing in store, lol.

I pulled a few garlic samples this weekend. I whole bulb was eaten raw. The others are very decent except the roja I purchased is tiny. Should harvest close to 250 with 50 held to replant. Also good news is garlic festival is back and I'll get some new batches of roja and purple stripe that failed.

I pulled mine earlier this month. Everything is a real jungle. I found some huge pickles buried. We put up a few pints and 2 quarts today. Been picking some nice onions also. I have literally, hundreds of tomatoes growing. Can't wait till those get ready. Plenty of peppers also. My poor sweet bananas got overrun by the 2 grape tomato plants. I doubt I'll get anything from those. Looks like I'll be going bigger again next season.

Here's to the same tropical weather, gardens seem to love it. Good luck all.

Do any of you tree gurus know what might be causing these limbs to snap about 12-18 inches from the ends?

I first saw it on my fruit trees and thought it might be deer, but many limbs were too high for a deer to reach and others were inside the fencing. Then we noticed it on lots of trees in our woods, with many limbs, all about the same length, on the ground.

Driving around in the area, we saw it all over. Not all limbs, but multiple ones per tree.

It does not appear to be specific to any particular tree species as we have seen it on apple, peach, pear, locust, sycamore, ash, and just about anything else.

The broken limbs quickly due and hang brown.

For the fruit trees, I have pruned off the dead part past the second limb below the damage.

The fruit trees get there regular sprayings, plus a spray of Sevin for beetles. I can see no bugs (there were cicadas a few weeks ago) or visible diseases.

I’ve never seen it before.

Some trees have 1-4 effected limbs, others 1/4 of the tree (thankfully not the fruit trees).

17 days into July, 17 days of rain. Mushrooms are growing great. The garden is struggling severely. Heat, humidity then endless rains. It doesn't fare well to things.
Feeling sad for my pigs as they can hardly navigate in their pen. Even with bale after bale of hay to try to absorb some of the mud, it's a bottomless pit in there. They are ready at 250 lbs and the first dry spell, out they come.

Clint, I hear you on the ankle deep mud. Here, mud season is bad in March. This is the worst I can remember in July, 19 straight rain days. Clay only holds so much water without drainage.

As for garlic. You should really check out Ingersoll Farms in Fulton.
I was directed to them 5 years ago from a garlic guru. I'm still running garlic seed from them I bought 5 years ago. Fantastic results and products.

Word of caution for the garlic growers. With such intense humidity, simply hanging it outside, even with fans, becareful from it rotting.
I moved all mine into a climate controlled environment with fans too 2 weeks ago and processed it all this weekend.
Came out great and I have 30 seed bulbs of 3 varieties for replant along with the hundreds of use bulbs.
Today 50 went to a farm sharing at wife's church.

Nice evening, chillin' by the pool. Hope my maters don't go wild while I'm on vacation. So far, perfect amount to pick and eat everyday. I think my cukes will go nuts while I'm gone though. I have about 4 dozen one inchers on the vines right now. Planted late....lemon cukes are doing well and a good pace for salads each day...

It is the 9th day of August, and I have yet to have a single ripe red tomatoes off my plants. Never see a year like this. All of my plants are LOADED too. 

This season has been a complete bust on my garden. I have around 50 tomato plants and have yet to pick a colander full. Very few fruits on the large plants and yes, they have good soil with plenty potassium.
Peppers are nill to none. Brussels are only about 2 feet tall and my cabbage heads are tiny.
Homemade, homegrown sauce with have to be made from our local farmer with tomatoes.

Side note:
I did hand pour 67 80lb bags of quickcrete cement for a sidewalk yesterday.
Getting way to old for that stuff anymore but it had to be done so my sister's wheelchair can access the ramp.
Ob la di ob la da, life goes on.

Took a lot of sweat outta me in the intense humidity we've been having. The braces are just to keep the form and removed as poured. I should have found more things to do and ordered a truck.

I surely hope to see you this year and local folks. Think it's been to long.

It's been so rainy no hay has been done around here in a month.

Understand Rich- hope alls well as can be

That tomato press is worth its weight in gold. I got about 25 pounds of taters dug out and 21 jars of sauce made yesterday. Still have beans to pick.