80F and sunny @ 11:15, calling for a high of 88F for the day.
The Heat Dome has arrived ...
Watered and fed okra first thing yesterday, they have a really pretty flower ... and we have pods !
After that did the same with all the summer squash.
Then did the cucumbers and winter squash on the east side of the arched trellis. Also caught the one winter squash on the west side that the soaker hose doesn't cover.
Once that was done I dug out the grow bags and started planting the remaining tomatoes in those that were on the shelves using the mix I had prepared and giving them a good watering.
Got 7 done:
Six of them were unlabeled ... I'll assume those are Bush Beefsteaks based on where they were rescued from.
The 7th was a Sunny Boy (labelled)
I think there are now only 5 tomato plants remaining on the shelves, all of them indeterminate varieties ... and only 1 grow bag left ... so not really sure what I'll do with those.
By that point I'd had enough of sitting in the sun so I headed over to the newly cleared area in the woods.
Raked up some debris into piles there, which still needs collected and taken up to the compost pile.
Measured out and marked some more locations for arb planting holes there.
Sprayed around some of the trees.
The row of pumpkins along the back of the frog pond was in shade by that time so I headed over there and set about uncaging the 2 Casper pumpkins.
Got that done (was PITA as the vines were around 6' long) and got the 2 t posts driven in and got the goat panel put up.
Still need to thread the vines up through that.
Collected up the weeds and debris that The Woman had pulled and took those up and added them to the compost pile.
Collected 2 more summer squash in the dark using the flashlight on my phone.
And then called it a day.
On the agenda for today:
Refill bird feeders.
Water arbs in pots and remaining tomatoes on shelves.
Water yellow wax bush beans.
Water Woman's sunflowers and other 3 plants from TSC.
Thread Casper pumpkins into goat panel.
Some further clearing/grading/leveling over in the woods.
Collect up debris from over there and get it hauled up to the compost pile.
Maybe swap out the box blade for the posthole digger and get some planting holes drilled for the arbs.
Beyond that just see what else comes up.
Hope everyone is having a decent Wednesday ...
