Bee in a hollyhock
The Big garden is finally starting to produce. Even though we are still considered to be in level 2 drought, we’ve gotten enough regular rain so things have turned around and the plants are producing.
On Friday at noon I took off the 2 zucchinis that were ready and a small summer squash. There wasn’t anything else of any size on either plant. My helper friend had asked if he could have any extra I might have, but I said it didn’t look like there’d be much.
Well! I went out on Monday evening and this is what I found! It looks like he will be going home on Tuesday with some squash.
The peas have flowers now. Remember they were planted late in June….
The volunteer hollyhock is flowering. You can see the stress from the drought on the leaves.
Someone in the layer flock sent up this large (.20 lb.) GRAY egg. They are all supposed to be brown egg layers.
In the upstairs bathroom where it is the hottest and humid, the asparagus fern is flowering its heart out.
I’ve not really recovered from the 7 hour garlic harvest in the heat last week. Add in a malfunctioning CPAP machine, and high humidity and it means trouble.
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From way back decades ago when I still had horses, I knew of the mix of humidity and temperature equaling 170 was when you and your horse would be in danger if out exercising. Lately our temps have been upper 80’s and low 90’s and the humidity between 70 - 95%. You can see from the chart this is not good.
This is why I have been struggling to get anything done in the early mornings before it hits the danger zone. But for the last week I’ve not been winning…
On Tuesday I hope to get the dehydrators loaded and frozen treats made for the broilers and layers. These are mostly inside jobs, if I can get the harvesting done before it gets hot.
My husband is off deepsea fishing today, so I also must do the farm chores.