This week brings high heat and not much else – it’s late June and our temps are more like mid-August. Rain is not forthcoming from the sky, so I spend time every few days with the hose pipe. Which is kind of nice – I cool down the garden, check its progress and generally contemplate not much of anything of importance.
We are within a few days and weeks of the tomatoes starting to come in…in droves. In fact, here are two turning already; here’s Momotaro:
and here’s a blurry pic of Sugar Sweetie, also on the cusp of ripening:
In other news, the cukes are blooming and ready to set:
And here come the pumpkins:
Both of them:
See how we’ve grown over the past ten weeks:
And see my new trug, ready to start picking all those ripe tomatoes, peppers and squash:
I hope your garden is also growing and getting ready to deliver loads and loads of produce for you to enjoy.
Happy gardening,
Terry
Looking good. At least the heat is good for tomatoes…
Thanks! The heat is good…until our nighttime temps drift upwards, as they are doing now. (I mean, how much can you drop overnight when the unofficial high today was 119?) Once the lows stagnate around 75 or higher, the fruit will stop setting.