Originally Posted by sepulchre

It's been showers and heat with just enough breaks to mow, but my vegetables love it!

Same here, & agreed, 110% - my garden is THRIVING, hugely!



* Cherry tomatoes, here they come!

("PSYCHED!" &, I do DEFINITELY think that the eggshells ground to powder are working, because my crop is outgrowing my tenant Jim's crop by miles)...

So... today, for the 1st time?

I am going to apply a 1/2 'dosage' of EXTREMELY 'watered-down' (from std. dose) "MIRACLE GROW" though, for that "added turbo-boost"...

(See - I will only do this once a month or so though, tops, because I do NOT want to "nitrogen lock" all the nutrients in the soil where I plant out, for next year (this, I have heard tell, does happen IF you "overdo it" using this chemical for plant growth... not sure if it is true though))

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BACK ON TRACK/TOPIC:

Yesterday was ESPECIALLY beautiful, & a holiday nationwide here in the United States ("4th of July"), staying a wonderful 75° F, nice steady breeze, & my buddy Jack + I enjoyed it in LARGE part, after staying up a GOOD chunk of the night (since no work next day) doing a bunch of data burns to DVD-R disks.

It was fun for myself & he, spending time w/ a good friend on a great holiday... &, I hope you all enjoyed it as well, wherever you are/were @ the time also!

APK

HOT!

I'm staying in.

Originally Posted by sepulchre

HOT!

I'm staying in.

Getting hit by a "heatwave" here too, the past 2 days now... 90++ F temps, & I too, feel as YOU do, but...

Still - I DO have to get a few things done outside today!

(Wax car, mainly... but, that too has to wait until evening (cooler temp.s & no direct sunlight while I do the job etc. et al) though, nevertheless (lawn cutting will most likely NOT be 1 though, because of said heatwave - but, that can change as the day passes & the ambient temps go down, by evening)).

* Better than winter blizzards, by all means & all that, though!



(Still... sometimes, it goes TOO hot outside for some things to happen!)

APK

P.S.=> Editing in later: Bills are PAID (head stays "above water" for another month, lol), Garden is watered, Grocery Shopping done, & even made a GOOD lunch (Italian Sausage, Peppers, & Onions (this ROX!))... now, all that remains, is waxing the ride, & that'll do for a "days work getting done", etc. et al!

HOWEVER? This has to wait too, for my evening "tea time", whilst I sit in my garden, in the shade (the "octopus' garden, in the shade", per the tune by The Beatles) w/ a nice cup of tea & a smoke (dumbest thing I do is the latter, BUT, I like my tobacco, lol)... apk

Cloudy, on the verge of rain this a.m. & probably like 70 F temps ... oh well!



* Can't always have sun...

APK

P.S.=> Heh, the weather is SO volatile/dynamic around here, that the saying "Don't like the weather? Wait 15 minutes, it'll change" applies around here, definitely... apk

Storming, lots!

Dave

Interesting that my last reply was storms. It started last night and continued until this afternoon, and we've had storms.

Right now the sun is out and you can watch the grass grow. I really don't like mowing grass, or even helping my son mow the grass.

Dave

Our weather has been absolutely perfect. Last night I slept in the woods and this morning I made breakfast and coffee on a campfire . . . . Bliss!

I am hoping to feel well enough to do some camping next week. If we don't continue to have storms, that is.

Today is a nice day: a slight breeze, not to hot, and a few clouds.

Dave