Got my Armenian Cucumber Seeds today....yippee....Kale and Chard are bolting in the unusual heat for May here in Western Oregon....planted a couple tomato starts...others are just growing their true leaves inside....we don’t get to really start our veggie gardens until June....usually....Roses are starting to bloom ALREADY....we’re kinda having “global warming”....but, I’m sure it is short lived....it will probably rain all of June!
We had unusual heat last year in May and the summer wound up being the worst drought since the 1950’s. Rain barrels were empty shortly thereafter.
Usually we get through July and August with the rainbarrels, but the water was gone before those 2 months even started. Just had to let most of it burn up.
Watered the orchard, nut trees, and perennials, and few heirloom patches next to the house grown mainly for seed.