Fall, my Favorite Season

I'm learning as I grow, I read, and tried, 1/8 tsp baking soda, tsp. dish washing liquid added to a gal. water, for powdery mildew on my veg's, but the next thing I noticed was all the leaves dying out.

We have had sooo much rain, even our 1 watermelon split in half, and it wasn't even ready to pick! I know the loss of one watermelon doesn't compare to the Farmers plight of too much rain. Oh well will try again next year. I am going to try a method I recently read about, using bales of hay. Its worth a try, cause whats left in the end is mulch!