Another beautiful day starting with some cloud coverage at dawn. The temperature for the last few days has been a low in the 60s and a high in the mid‑80s. With this nice weather you would think my cover crops would be sown, but that has been on hold since Saturday. They say bad things
Today is also the first day of fall. It is like a switch was turned as we went from the super‑hot 100°F heat dome to fall weather. Would you believe the low was 64°F and the high — I can’t believe I’m saying this — 78°F. The muggy meter is nonexistent. A great day to
A little foggy only when driving on Gardener Road, but once in the gardens, the fog lifted. I started at sunup at my new Learning Plot, which I’m going to use for trialing tomatoes and tomatillos. The old one will also have a cover crop and be ready for a new gardener. I’ve realized I
Partly cloudy and another hot day with a heat index of 105°F, though the mornings have finally started to feel a little cooler with a slight breeze. I missed Monday because of a surgery day — not mine, but I was the driver and the one making sure everything ran smoothly, especially afterward when my
Partly cloudy with a low of 74°F and a high of 96°F. I started off checking the rain gauge since we had some rain on Friday and again while I was out at the Patch Saturday morning. My gauge showed 3/8 inch, or .38 inches rounded up. That was enough that I didn’t need to
A beautiful cloudy, overcast day where the low was 74°F and the high might reach 92°F. What a difference some clouds make. Finally, the weather report is calling for about a quarter inch of rain in the evening. I’ll take anything now; my plants are not picky. With the clouds giving everything a break from
Sky was overcast, with clouds making it seem a teensiest bit cooler. The low was 76°F and the high 94°F, still higher than what our norms should be for September. They say next week we should see a break in the weather, and I’ll be glad for that so I can finish the fall bed
September 5–7, 2026 Saturday and Sunday were in the 100’s F and then a cool front came in on Labor Day weekend where 95F felt noticeably cooler. I must be getting acclimated to the high heat. I got a lot done towards getting the beds ready for the cover crops. I don’t think I mentioned
Today I am skipping reporting the weather, as it is sizzling hot where I bet you could fry an egg on the sidewalk. How long Mother Nature will keep it that way, only God knows. Making the most of my little bit of coolness in the morning, I started laying the boxes on the tomatillo
Weather: Cloudy, Heat Advisory with a low of 77°F and a high of 96°F. Even with the heat advisory, I was still able to get what I planned for the day done. The first thing I fixed was my hose. I had to buy bigger clamps so they would tighten properly. That only took a
