Just came in from checking the garden ... couple of things:
The crows were checking out their opportunities to raid the tomatoes because I had left the gates partially open on the tomato patch last night! I don’t think they ever made it in there since the openings were still pretty small and they would not have had a lot of space to operate. I didn’t notice any damage either.
The jalapenos are looking great, even after pretty much a full day of sun yesterday in the heat. They got some extra water and I took the sun shades away.
My bell peppers are starting to fall over so I had to stake them up.
It is 97° with a heat index of 102 at present. The heat advisory is for an index of 102 to 106°, so I think it will be going up as the afternoon progresses. I am now inside drinking iced tea, in front of a fan, and I had to use a cold wet washcloth on my face and neck because my face is bright red after only 20 minutes in the garden!
2:00 & it’s 92 with 102 heat index - I am in for a break - have been mowing since 9-9:30. The mowing has been hanging over my head like a sword ... too wet in the morning with dew, hot as heck during the day, still very hot in the evenings & the times I’ve been ready to try it, thunder rumbles. I don’t mow if I hear rumbling.
So this morning, the grass was dry because we have a nice breeze. It’s still hot, but I’m trying to duck in/out of the few shady spots. Mowing is my mental health therapy & I REALLY need time to myself on the mower. I came up with another arrangement for propping up my leg a bit - so far so good & I’m doing bending exercises to loosen it up at least every hour. I learned my lesson when I mowed 3 hours straight a month ago - took over a week to get things back to where I Had started from when I first climbed on the mower.
Storms are supposed to be around by 3:00 as a front approaches & that is why we’re getting the nice breeze. On radar, they are starting to pop up, but still well to the southwest so there should be time to finish what I want to get done today. With that breeze, I have so much dirt & grass bits blown back on me that I think I’m going to have to hose off first (legs, anyway) when I do come in for good. Definitely evening out my ‘tan’ lines - no ‘farmer’s tan’ for me!