Hoo-Wee and welcome to summer! Sunshine and low 90°s here in Misery over the weekend. I got a lot done in the garden patch and suffered mightily for it.
I got the cages up around all 16 tomato plants. The best of them would be shoulder high if I’d gotten it done before the monsoon started. I spent a couple hours pruning and doing a half-assed job of weaving/tying the plants up, then fertilized the plants and watered. I’ll need to spend some more time on that, but at least they’re off the ground where they can get some air now.
The cukes and squash are finally starting to take off. Sweet corn has been planted. Pepper and eggplant rows weeded and fertilized. Got a little bit of the new asparagus planting weeded.
Main goals for the week are to put mulch down around the tomato plants, and spread compost on the walking paths between rows. I’m headed out Thursday for three nights of High Limit sprint cars at Lucas Oil Speedway so I’ll have to hustle to get those things accomplished before I take off.
I'll say!
104 deg. F actual temp. on our south-facing (open) porch yesterday, and I'd redone the thermometer setup so it is always in complete shade. (It still sees some infrared re-radiation from the concrete, the south house wall, etc., of course -- I didn't build a NWS type setup.
Today will likely be worse: The heat index will be no worse, but wind is forecast as calm compared to yesterday's bit of breeze. Ugh!
The heat index does not consider wind, right, metmom?