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It's 86-89 F (30-31.6 C) in Crestline this week and I am literally dripping with sweat.
I rushed about gardening this morning as everything was wilting and nearly keeled over. I literally had to sit down in the shade and swill Gatorade. I already knew this from having lived my entire life in hot places, but it's salutary to be reminded of exactly how fast heat danger can sneak up on you. (I'm totally fine now, but I recognized the signs and remedied them immediately. If I'd decided to just finish watering, I might not be fine.)
On the plus side of this heat, I have CORN! I would share pics but they are currently covered in hardware cloth. That was probably the unwise in-sun exertion, but all these darling sprouts had popped up when I was fully expecting nothing to germinate at all, so I rushed to protect them. I have never grown corn before, so this should be fun.
Current state of garden:
Potatoes: Giant thriving jungle.
Tomatoes: Nibbled by bugs, but producing.
Bell peppers: Ditto.
Peas: Growing, but I'm in the usual battle of too much heat/dryness means wilting but too much shade/water means powdery mildew.
Cherries: All eaten by squirrels.
Morning glories: Two out of FORTY pre-sprouted seeds survived. One has a teeny bud! Well, now I know where to plant them.
Shallots: Thriving.
Rainbow chard: Died.
Blueberries: One very healthy bush with a handful of sloooowly ripening berries. I will put in more bushes later, as they grow beautifully but one bush doesn't produce much.
Raspberries: Marginal. Only one of three bushes is producing at all, and bugs are getting most of them. I think I need way more bushes to make a go of it.
Thimbleberries: Enormous thriving bank of them.
Blackberries: Even more enormous thriving bank of them, some just starting to redden.
Salal berries: One died, one marginal.
Salmonberry: Healthy, but no berries yet.
Saplings I planted last year (ginkgo, scarlet oak, birch stand, Bartlett pear, Satsuma plum): Every single one is doing great.
How does your garden grow?
I rushed about gardening this morning as everything was wilting and nearly keeled over. I literally had to sit down in the shade and swill Gatorade. I already knew this from having lived my entire life in hot places, but it's salutary to be reminded of exactly how fast heat danger can sneak up on you. (I'm totally fine now, but I recognized the signs and remedied them immediately. If I'd decided to just finish watering, I might not be fine.)
On the plus side of this heat, I have CORN! I would share pics but they are currently covered in hardware cloth. That was probably the unwise in-sun exertion, but all these darling sprouts had popped up when I was fully expecting nothing to germinate at all, so I rushed to protect them. I have never grown corn before, so this should be fun.
Current state of garden:
Potatoes: Giant thriving jungle.
Tomatoes: Nibbled by bugs, but producing.
Bell peppers: Ditto.
Peas: Growing, but I'm in the usual battle of too much heat/dryness means wilting but too much shade/water means powdery mildew.
Cherries: All eaten by squirrels.
Morning glories: Two out of FORTY pre-sprouted seeds survived. One has a teeny bud! Well, now I know where to plant them.
Shallots: Thriving.
Rainbow chard: Died.
Blueberries: One very healthy bush with a handful of sloooowly ripening berries. I will put in more bushes later, as they grow beautifully but one bush doesn't produce much.
Raspberries: Marginal. Only one of three bushes is producing at all, and bugs are getting most of them. I think I need way more bushes to make a go of it.
Thimbleberries: Enormous thriving bank of them.
Blackberries: Even more enormous thriving bank of them, some just starting to redden.
Salal berries: One died, one marginal.
Salmonberry: Healthy, but no berries yet.
Saplings I planted last year (ginkgo, scarlet oak, birch stand, Bartlett pear, Satsuma plum): Every single one is doing great.
How does your garden grow?
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