Posted on 06/03/2011 4:18:59 AM PDT by Red_Devil 232
Good morning gardeners. Here in East Central Mississippi the heat has arrived. It was 101 yesterday and is expected to be in the high 90s and pushing 100 for the next week. A heat advisory is effect. My garden is surviving these hot afternoons. Some of my younger plants have needed watering every afternoon. My established tomato, squash and pepper plants have been doing well with a deep soaking of water about every three days. Looks like it is going to be a hot summer.
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Definately the way to go. I dont not have a mulch over mine, and so far it appears that all is fine. Temps here are running in the upper 90’s to 100, with 101 forcast for Sun. The plants of my wife’s that are without drip can not be watered enough do to the drought. My honey-do for the weekend is to put drip into certain beds for her.
I just had to go out and hand water a couple of my plants - the zukes and a couple of young Marion tomatoes. The heat is just unbearable! My dogs will not even follow me outside, which is rare! If work in the garden is not done very early morning - it is not getting done, especially in this afternoon heat.
Just checked my outside thermometer and it is reading 105. The Weather Underground site is saying it is only 95. I trust my thermometer. It is hot!
Thank you for the explanation. I suffer from wind chill here as the Pacific Ocean is just a mile or two to the west and our temps rarely exceed 65 and the night temps run 50 in the summer...
Several of those cute little Douglas Fir trees in the orchard grew up and I had to cut them down before the tree police came snooping. Three of them I could cut with my hand pruning saw but one was 5” at the stump and over 15’ tall so it required a chain saw and then... out of 4 saws only one would start with the help of starting fluid and it was my oldest one. I’m too old for playing logger...
Seconding Tube’s thanks.
We get it all. We’re surrounded by water. The inland bays before the barrier islands to the Atlantic are only 10 miles to the east and the Chesapeake Bay is 9 miles to the west.
It’s wonderful for fishing, crabbing, boating, etc — but it really bites when it comes to hazy, hot, humid in the summer and the wind chills in the winter!
Shade
I place mine in bowls or saucers that hold water. Despite this dang drought, they plants are doing fine. They are watered daily on a timer set for 15 minutes in the morning, but lately I have been adding 10 minutes in the afternoon. I try to keep water in the bottom container.
WOW!
That sounds like quite the adventure.
I’ve been working on that yogurt recipe from awhile back. I was thinking that, since crock pots probably vary a lot in temperature, it might make sense to use a thermometer, a notebook, and a bit of science. Also, maybe bring the yogurt up to temp so that when you mix the yogurt and milk they are both right at the optimum temperature. While looking to find that temp, I found that someone has already done all the work for me:
http://www.ianrpubs.unl.edu/epublic/pages/publicationD.jsp?publicationId=525
I really liked the idea of using my oven with the light on to keep the mix around 110, at least until I found out that the lights in my oven are good for closer to 140, which doesn’t work so well.
I’m still tuning the process, but so far it comes out a good bit thicker than the crock pot.
My wife really liked the home made yogurt. But I was not making it regularly so she went and bought a Professional Yogurt Maker - I let her make it now. Good stuff.
Just finished working compost into bed #2. Half of that will be for heirloom tomatoes. Beds 3 and 4 have winter wheat which I hope will be ready for harvest in a few weeks.
Hubby needs to finish beds 5 and 6. They will be mostly heirloom corn, beans, watermelon.
I still have lettuce, onions and spinach from the winter garden. Strawberries are still going strong, but not as many as earlier.
Have a great weekend. God Bless.
It’s a beautiful, balmy day in SoCal. I’m waiting to see how my flowers and shrubs respond to the new fertilizer I’m using. Two more weeks of school and then I’m free to enjoy the summer, my garden, and the daily glass of wine!
Great Link! Thanks.
We’re laughing about it now -— but no one was laughing Wednesday evening.
When it comes to the meat, it makes a big difference between the omega 3 and omega 6 ratios, as well as calories. Grass fed beef can be healthier as well.
Grain fed Beef in feed lots are often overcrowded, the soil gets all kinds of pathogens the cattle often get sick, and are treated with antibiotics, which can lead to resistant strains etc.
Grass fed cattle should be rotated from one pasture to another frequently enough to prevent soil pathogens.
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