A beautiful day today, but I have to batten down anything that might fly away with Hurricane Isaias coming. The report is that we could get 1–3 inches of rain and windy conditions up to 40 mph. I have a lot of boxes stacked in the Pickle Patch for future blueberry and Back 40 weed
Another beautiful day, with the lows dipping into the 50s. It was a good thing I had my shorts on underneath my overalls because it heated up fast once the sun rose. I arrived just before dawn and saw Jonathan watering, and we talked shop. We noticed several weeks ago that when he used the
A beautiful fall day. For the last two days I have switched to, yep, my overalls and long shirt. I didn’t switch because it’s officially fall. I switched because the low was 55, and it wasn’t going to warm up fast, even with highs in the low 80s. I need to catch my readers up
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
