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
Another sunny day — I wish I could report it is cool. Nope. Everything is rising: humidity, temperature. It looks like next Friday is when the heat dome will finally shift. For log purposes, today’s low was 76°F and the high was 99°F. I can really feel the effects as soon as the humidity rises,
Another great start with a low of 67°F and a high of 94°F. There is a high‑pressure system sitting over our Mid‑South Tennessee area, which once again is pushing us near 100 degrees Fahrenheit. With that being said, I took advantage of the cool morning to spray my third maintenance spray that was long overdue.
A beautiful day to be in the gardens — a slight breeze from the northeast and a perfect day to spray my preventative copper fungicide on just about everything I grow except basil and okra. Okra is very hearty and doesn’t need copper fungicide, and basil doesn’t get it for two reasons: the leaves burn
Yesterday I got up at my usual time — let’s just say it was still dark out. Of course I looked at the weather report. Both my phone’s weather app and the weather TV app I watch reported a lot of rain with a total of 2 inches. Since it was supposed to start around
A partly sunny day with a low of 70°F and a high of 90°F. I am catching up on what I’ve done over the weekend. One other thing to note about the weather was the sudden storm that came through with 70 mph straight‑line winds on Saturday evening. Some cities received 3 inches of rain
Mostly sunny. Low 74, high 92°F. Phew, I am glad the heat dome seems to be done for now. It looks like we are now in the low 90s—our typical weather. Now that I have acclimated to 100+°F, 92 feels rather cool. 🙂 No unusual nature sightings to report today, just the usual gardening. I
According to the weather report, today is supposed to be 100°F, with a low of 75°F. After today we will be back in our normal range of low to mid‑90s, with lows in the low 70s. Okay, it is still hot, but for me it’s more manageable. From predawn to 10:30 a.m. I was doing
