82F and "Fair" @ 13:30, HI 85F, DP 65F, HU 60%, AQI 59. Heading up to around 85F for the day's high.
High yesterday reached 85.6F, rainfall was 0.01" ... so just a trace.
All in all, a reasonably productive day.
Got out there and got some planting done in the shade before the sun made it above the trees, filling the west side of the cattle panel trellis up with another small sugar pumpkin and 6 Waltham Butternut winter squash.
Beet seeds I started soaking have gotten lost somewhere in the shuffle, Woman thinks they might have gotten set in the dump cart which had weeds in it that I hauled up and dumped ... so I probably head up to the compost pile and see if I can locate the small pill bottle they were in.
Also got 5 yellow crookneck, 1 zucchini, and 4 or 5 cukes planted.
The ground out there under the weed block fabric is still very moist once you get down a half inch or so.
By the time I got that done the sun was starting to get high in the sky and it was getting warm so I decided to take a break inside in the cool for a little bit.
After a little rest I went out and changed out the bags on the Japanese beetle traps as trash day was today and they were starting to get stinky even though they weren't totally full:
Still a reasonably decent haul. Checked the bag out front on the way back from dumping the old bags in the trash can and it already had about a dozen new beetles in it ...
After that I decided to go ahead and mow the front lawn as it had gotten long enough to need it with the rain we've had.
Once that was done I took another little break inside to cool off.
Then mixed up a bucket of bird feed for the hopper feeder and refilled it along with scattering some cracked corn for the ground feeders. Also refilled the suet feeder. Didn't get to the tube feeders. Will do that at some point today.
Once that was done I headed back to the garden and started working on getting more winter squash plants in the ground, this time on the east side the cattle panel trellis. Got 2 Hubbard Golden and 4 Honeybaby Hybrids planted.
A number of varieties of squash and pumpkins I planted were devastated by bugs and didn't make it. Still have more seeds for those, may try and plant a few ... although it's getting borderline as far as having enough time for them to make.
Fired up weed burner torch and melted 2 more holes between the 2 new blueberry plants for the last 2 Golden Jubilee yellow tomatoes.
About that time The Woman decided we needed some dinner so She headed off to Little Caesar's while I got those stuck in the ground and watered in.
At that point it was getting dark and there was a thunderstorm approaching from the southwest so I just kicked back in a lawn chair for a little bit out in the garden and enjoyed the twilight.
Did not get any more weed block fabric put down ... so that's on the agenda for today around 14:00 - 15:00 when the cloud cover is supposed to hit 42%.
Also need to start beans soaking, hopefully for planting tomorrow and get those tube feeders refilled.
Hawthorn leaves are turning brown and starting to fall - a sure sign we've reached the mid-point of summer.
A bee on the swamp milkweed:
Have seen some Monarchs and Yellow Swallowtail butterflies on it as well, usually I'm too far away to get a good picture though.
Hope everyone is having a decent Tuesday ...
