Me and Root Crops Don't Mix

Yeah, I obviously have been doing something dreadfully wrong when it comes to root crops! I dug up my carrots a few weeks ago – they should have been done mid-June. There were only 2-3 that actually looked like carrots. The others were so forked it was ridiculous. They looked like something out of a bad science experiment. Now the radishes in the Victory Garden are all misshaped too! I dug and dug and dug some more to make sure the ground was good and ready to plant the radishes and carrots, but still nothing. I do believe my soil is just too darn heavy. Next year I am making a root crop section and adding tons o’ sand.
As far as the potatoes they are growing like wild fire and toppling over they are so big. I have hilled them about 1 -1 ½ feet and still they topple. I know have them caged like friggin’ tomatoes! Who would have thunk it?
My asparagus continues to grow. What is that all about? It is almost August and I have 6 new spears coming up and that is not including the 5-6 that have already gotten o be about 8-9” high along with the original spears that are now all going to the ‘ferny’ stage.
The weather continues to be a challenge. If it isn’t raining buckets it is so damn humid and sticky. All this moisture is killing my zucchinis. They are starting to get moldy. My beans are being attacked by God only knows what and my cucumbers are the saddest looking things I have seen in a while. I have only picked about 10 cherry tomatoes and ONE yellow pear tomato. That is so not right. The only thing that is growing well right now is the parsley, which I planted to make gremolata for the beans that are not growing. S –I-G-H.

And the rain continues

Well this little guy is getting quite the workout lately. June's weather was awful and July is continuing on the same way. The 4th of July weekend was nice but the past two days consisted of rain, thunder, lightening and more rain.
Because of all this rain my corn, at least I think, has washed away. I can't tell if I am growing corn or crab grass. If it is crab grass it is growing in a very uniform row, just like where the corn should be.
I read in my bible (aka Trowel and Error) that you can hang red Christmas ornaments on your tomatoes when the first green ones appear. Allegedly the critters will peck at the ornaments and realize that they don't like them so when the tomatoes actually turn they will have been deterred from the whole plant. So here is my Christmas in July. Here's hoping it works.