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by Farmerto

Another heat wave

100F at 15:30

Let’s talk humidity. Guess we could have kept calling it Global Warming after all.

Cut back a complete cornstalk on the roof. The silk had started to turn brown and the cobs were barely starting. I couldn’t keep up with the amount of water four corn plants needed. I could be watering on the rooftop twice a day. Not happening. One year I will get a proper water hook up for there.

Tomatoes at last.

On the plate
On the vine

Ken picked the first ripe one. Thankfully, cause I went out looking for it and it was gone. Damn squirrel, oops, husband.

by Farmerto

It’s been hot

Heat waves in June and July are the new normal. The week in June when were in Nova Scotia, Toronto broke a record and had humidex values in the 40s. July is turning out to be the same. Always amazed how cool it is under the sycamore.

One pot of the three sisters is coming along. Well the corn is. The beans and squash not so much, but they were intentionally planted later.

Bean
Squash

Got one salad from the spinach I started in the early spring. Just started a second planting with hopefully a larger harvest.

Lettuce and bush beans

The kitchen remodel has started. Spending the days in the garden while the new hardwood is laid.

Clipped the boxwoods last week. Kinda odd on one level, but aesthetically so pleasing.

Everything is so dry I’ve been watering something everyday.