“90s last summer in April”
and stayed hot. Seems like I nursed my poor tomato plants for months while the fruit wouldn’t ripen due to the near 100 degree heat. I was just trying to keep them alive and it’s a good thing I had mulch. My buddy up the road was watering his bare soil garden every day, sometimes twice a day. I was watering twice a week, moving the trickling hose from plant to plant. Took a good hour to do it.
I remember you mentioning that. It was tough sledding last year for many of us.
Thank goodness I know where the Piggly Wiggly Produce Department is, and the local Farm Stands in ‘off years.’ ;)