I expected today to be a good day since the forecast only showed a slight chance of rain for last night. Yesterday brought a one‑two punch: extreme heat at 100°F, followed by rain I slept through and didn’t see any signs of at home. When I arrived at the gardens, I was surprised to see […]
Cloudy at first, but even with the clouds it was already 81°F when I arrived, and the heat warning for today is expected to be over 110°F, so it was blistering hot. My main goals today were to water, pick, and do the potato chip test to see if the ants are active in the
A cloudy morning with dark, rainy-looking clouds in the distance ended up giving my gardens a good drink — a 1/4 inch of rain in just 20 minutes. Once it finished, I continued with my work. It was humid before the rain and even more humid afterward. Low 77°F, high 93°F, with a heat advisory.
Morning Arrival Today I got to the gardens after 8:30am and it was already in the 80’s. I thought I could get the 3 things done—watering, boxing and harvesting. Learning Plot and Breakfast We stopped at the Learning Plot first so my grandson could be in the shade to finished his breakfast. I told him
Weather & Conditions Another very humid partly cloudy morning with a low of 76°F and a heat advisory by 10 a.m. High 93°F but feeling a lot warmer with the humidity. I stayed till about 10 a.m. Finally Done Planting I planted the last 6 tomatoes and they were 2 Big Beef, 2 False Big
Weather & Conditions Partly cloudy warm July day with a low of 75°F and a high of 91°F. Average humidity was around 67%, but early morning it was in the low 90% range. No wonder I started feeling it mid‑morning. Planting & Transplanting Today I planted six more Big Beef tomatoes in Rudy’s Radish Ranch,
Weather & Conditions A possibility of a rainy morning, and we had rain yesterday. Low 72°F and High 85°F. I made an executive decision: since I had picked enough cucumbers to can, and even if the weather turns nice they are still calling for rain later, it is not a good fall tomato planting day.
Weather & Conditions Partly cloudy. Low 72, High 87. The weather report is calling for rain around 3 pm. Today is a light day as I have my “Documents.” This is what I always told my grandson I was doing. I really am a community volunteer consultant for the FamilySearch Center. I decided there was
Weather & Conditions The temperature has dropped, but the humidity is so high it still feels well into the 90s °F. Low 75, High 87. I got to the Pickle Patch before sun‑up to do the baking soda spray on the basil plants. After I got halfway through, I realized I didn’t put the vegetable
Weather & Conditions Cloudy this morning — looked like it could have rained — but it cleared up to partly sunny. It’s a good thing I covered the tomato mounds I prepared yesterday because we ended up getting almost a 1/4 inch of rain. That was enough that I couldn’t till the Back 40 tomato
