[JustaDumbBlonde]

We are in another hot and dry spell after getting about an inch of rain a week or so ago. Today we have cloud cover, which is helping, but the 100+ temps and 10 mph winds have really baked the ground again.

Somebody asked me yesterday why I had let the lawn die back, and I told them that I can't eat the grass ... I'm watering the garden instead. Watering both would cost $300/month in water bills. I have GOT to get a well drilled!

Here are some photos I took yesterday for my garden journal. They are okra, summer squashes, string beans, tomatoes, cantaloupe and speckled butterbeans.

In the photo of the stringbeans, you can see my tomato jungle on the right. Some of the tomatoes have reached 6 feet tall and have run out of rebar on which to tie them. They will soon start to bend over and intermingle, which really makes it a jungle.

[Red_Devil 232]

Okra does have a beautiful flower. I bet that cantaloupe will be delicious!

Is that part of a laser leveling system on the tripod in the third picture?

[tubebender]

Gorgeous Just Gorgeous! Is Okra related to Cotton? and speaking of cotton if the weather continues to improve we will be planting it here to cash in on the high price...

[greeneyes]

Wonderful pictures. I am so behind here due to late planting, but I still have a few things in the freezer from last year to tide me over till things start hopping.

[trisham]

Beautiful! Thanks!

[painter]

I’m suprised you don’t have a well.

[painter]

I’m suprised you don’t have a well. Judging by the pictures you have on your site I thought you live out in the country.

[afraidfortherepublic]

My Velcro ties arrived yesterday. Do you have a particular length that you suggest for cutting the material? Or, should I just cut random lengths as I go?