A little cloudy today, and according to the weather report a cold front is trying to work its way through this morning, but the low is 80°F and the high will be 98°F. Yesterday we broke a record for this year as it reached 101°F. With the northwesterly wind I feel cooler already! 🙂 Seriously,
What can I say but another super-hot day near 100°F. Today I changed my routine as far as watering. I was doing the watering just before I leave, but I found out that watering before 8 AM is better as the ground is wet with dew and helps absorb the water easier. This took me
Weather: Low 78°F — High 96°F — Sunny Still a heat dome, and you know what that means. I was going to spray today, but I didn’t because it’s way too hot and could burn the plants even early in the morning. The minimum safe low for spraying is 74°F. At sunrise it was already
Weather — Sunny, low 78 and high 95. The same old dog‑days heat dome where I am being very mindful of the heat advisories. Since I didn’t have any early‑morning spraying today, I was able to start a high‑intensity chore while it was still “coolish.” I try to balance easy chores with hard ones, doing
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
