Hmm. Given that it is summer, and my blog layout design is a “winter-y” design.. I think perhaps I should get around to finding or making a non-seasonal layout. Anyway. Summer is definitely here where we live. This weekend it’s supposed to get to over 110 degrees. My poor garden, I’m glad I built the […]
Well, I got my shade structure built, using 3/4″ PVC pipe and a 50% shade cloth. The instructions I found for the structure said not to glue the pieces together, but after a couple of mildly windy days, I found I HAD to at least glue the corner joints, otherwise it kept popping open and […]
It’s been just under a month since I planted most if not all the seeds and did the transplants of the tomatoes, peppers and strawberry plants. Everything is growing prettty well, the tomato plants are taller and the Better Boy has two tomatoes growing on it, and the cherry tomato plant has one tomato growing […]
So here’s the pickle we’re in; our summers here regularly surpass 110 degrees, but I’d say we probably average around 108 or so until September at best. We’re often running our air conditioning well into October, when suddenly the weather will snap and for a time we’ll need neither a/c nor heat. But the problem […]
