Weather: Low 76°F — High 98°F — Sunny A heat dome is sitting over Tennessee until next week, with no rain in sight. The days are getting shorter, and honestly, I think the plants are loving the shorter daylight during this heat wave. I arrived at the Pickle Patch before dawn, which is getting close […]
This week is going to be hot I guess you can call it the dog days of summer. And wouldn’t you know it we loss power for 1 1/2 hours. For some reason when we lose power I call to report it and I am always the first one to report, so the power company
Today I could tell it was going to be hot, as the low was 76°F and there was a heat advisory with the heat index expected to reach 107°F. I was at the patch in record time, since on weekends it’s okay for me to take the highway. Why? Traffic — and I don’t want
A hazy day. Low 73, high 93. Today was a Code Orange ozone advisory (unhealthy for sensitive groups). Even though I am healthy, it is still good to pay attention to any warnings if you are going to be outdoors for a period of time like me. Today I was there after dawn, and the
It was a nice early morning — a few degrees warmer than yesterday — but it still felt cool. However, the southerly wind pattern is back, so it won’t be as cool for the next few mornings as they were. It all depends on how much humidity comes back. Low 70°F and high 92°F. Today
Another beautiful cool morning where the temperature was 68°F. Even though it will be about 91°F, it feels cool as the humidity is still low. The sunrise is getting later — today it was at 6:11 a.m. I did my daily walk to observe things going on in my gardens. I noticed that Diane’s zucchini
Our last cool day and then we start getting back to our August norms somewhere in the 90–100°F range. A “cool” front has been hovering over us for 3 days. It was so delightfully cool at the gardens that I feel I can tackle all my chores in one day. Sunny — Low 67°F, High
After being gone just one day, I thought my garden would be safe from diseases as I sprayed the June and April tomatoes six days ago with the copper fungicide. My thinking was that the garden just got some rain, not enough to completely take the shield off. Boy, did my gardens get rain —
A beautiful overcast day with lower humidity. The weather reporter mentioned a cold front moving in with a chance of thunderstorms. The low was 71°F and the high reached 91°F. Before I could log any of my garden time, my grandson and I were out shopping for his school supplies during the tax‑free weekend. We
Today I was there before dawn to spray the Learning Plot with copper fungicide. I made half a gallon, and I still had enough to spray all the mature plants, even some of the mounds. After I finished with this, I watered only the mounds that needed it, which wasn’t many. I then decided on
