Monsoon Garden

I've turned off the irrigation to the garden. The monsoon season has begun and is doing well so irrigation is needed for a while. Hopefully a long while.

I read somewhere that we have a 50% change of rain on July 4 because the monsoon season normally begins about that time. We get one half of our annual precipitation between mid-July and mid-September so the next seven weeks are critical.

Thus far the season is great.

• 7/3 - sprinkled
  
• 7/4 - .02
  
• 7/5 - .23 then .02 in another shower
  
• 7/6 - .02
  
• 7/7 - .015
  
• 7/8 - .09
  
• 7/9 - .33
  
• 7/10 - .30
  
• 7/11 - today the rain forecast was 60%
  

At our garden gate we're received 1.005 inches of rain in one week.

What's in the garden?

Fruits and Vegetables

• Parsnips
  
• Rutabaga
  
• Beans - 4 varieties
  
• Kale
  
• Rhubarb
  
• Spinach
  
• Broccoli
  
• Broccoli Raab
  
• Radish - 2 varieties
  
• Summer Squash - 2 varieties
  
• Winter Squash - 6 varieties
  
• Pumpkin
  
• Melons - 4 varieties
  
• Asparagus
  
• Beets
  
• Shallots
  
• Garlic
  
• Peppers - 5 varities
  
• Tomatoes - 5 varities
  
• Potatotes - 3 varieties
  
• Turnips
  
• Peas - 2 varieties
  
• Carrots - 2 varieties
  
• Cabbage - 2 varieties
  
• Lettuce - 4 varieties
  
• Arugula
  
• Pak Choi Tatoi
  
• Endive
  
• Onions
  
• Leeks
  
• Corn Salad
  
• Chard - 2 varieties
  
• Cauliflower
  
• Amaranth - volunteers in the aisles from last season
  

Herbs

• Basil - 2 varieties
  
• Cilantro
  
• Chives - 2 varieties
  
• Chocolate Mint
  
• Sage
  
• Parsley - 2 varieties
  

Flowers

• Hibiscus - potted and on a summer vacation from the sun room
  
• Bougainvillea - potted and on a summer vacation from the sun room
  
• Zinnia
  
• Nasturtium
  
• Portulaca
  
• Alyssum
  
• Iris
  
• Day Lilly
  
• Hollyhocks
  
• Unknown - 2 packages of collected seed that I failed to label
  

Both the monsoon season and the garden are doing well. As am I!