rswyan
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90.5F and very sunny @ noon, calling for a high of 92F ... which I expect we'll beat ... just like yesterday.
Slow getting rolling here today.
The high here yesterday hit 93.8F ... and I spent most of the day out in it. Today might be a largely inside day to recover from that. Have to see.
Yesterday after my cool down and lunch of a Cajun Turkey Breast sandwich I went out to the garage and mixed up food for the birds, refilled hopper and both tube feeders, also scattered some seeds for the ground feeders.
Suet feeders were empty so I'll probably sneak out there at some point today and refill those.
Once the feeders were refilled, I hooked up the Water Buffalo and took it over and watered and fertilized the large peach tree. 4 gallons with Schultz's 20-20-20 and 4 gallons of plain water for a total of 8 gallons.
After that I took it up and watered the 4 small oak trees along the road. 2 gallons with 20-20-20 and 2 gallons of plain water each.
Then over to the 5 smaller Rose of Sharon shrubs. 1 gallon with 20-20-20 and 1 gallon of plain water each. Swamp milkweed up there doing reasonably well, unfortunately did not have enough juice to water those.
Noticed some activity in the sparrow trap as I was doing that so headed over to check that out after I finished watering. Got another 3 house sparrows, looked to be juveniles and all were still alive. They should be about cooked by now so will need to be removed at some point today.
Took the Water Buffalo and dropped it back by the garden to be refilled.
Woman had come back out at that point as it had cooled off - not much but a little - and was picking Japanese Beetles off plants in the garden.
Since there was some shade I took the opportunity to sit in the old office chair I had moved out of the basement onto the patio and Woman came over and we chatted for a bit.
She suggested that since I had emptied the Buffalo I should use the opportunity while we were just sitting there to refill it. She's really helpful like that ...
So I went over and hooked it up and started a slow refill.
Took down the string line along the concrete walkway as it was a tripping hazard.
Wasn't too long after that She had had enough of the heat and headed back inside.
I started working on the winter squash and pumpkins along the east edge of flower bed that I had planted yesterday (?), giving each one a drink and mulching around the plants.
Once that was done started planting some of the "Honey Baby" winter squash in the remaining spaces that were available. Got 2 planted before getting called in for dinner, then got another 2 planted after dinner.
At that point it was starting to get dark so I gathered up the stuff that needed to be brought inside and came on in myself after watching the bats feed for a bit.
Around 23:00 I turned on the floodlights and went back out and connected up the soaker hose on the indeterminate tomatoes and ran it for around 20 minutes.
That hose has a good sized leak in it which I was able to locate using the flashlight on my phone. Fortunately I have a hose mender for 1/2" hose in stock ... so repairing that is on the menu at some point today.
Right now I need to get out there and get the stuff on the back shelves watered before they dry out too badly.
Then I might hook up the soaker hose on the blueberries and rhubarb and let that run for a bit. They have not been watered so far this year.
Temps have been hot enough that anywhere the ground isn't mulched or covered with weed block fabric it is cracking due to drying out.
Other than that just see what else comes up.
Day lilies have begun to bloom:
Hope everyone is having a decent Sunday ...
Slow getting rolling here today.
The high here yesterday hit 93.8F ... and I spent most of the day out in it. Today might be a largely inside day to recover from that. Have to see.
Yesterday after my cool down and lunch of a Cajun Turkey Breast sandwich I went out to the garage and mixed up food for the birds, refilled hopper and both tube feeders, also scattered some seeds for the ground feeders.
Suet feeders were empty so I'll probably sneak out there at some point today and refill those.
Once the feeders were refilled, I hooked up the Water Buffalo and took it over and watered and fertilized the large peach tree. 4 gallons with Schultz's 20-20-20 and 4 gallons of plain water for a total of 8 gallons.
After that I took it up and watered the 4 small oak trees along the road. 2 gallons with 20-20-20 and 2 gallons of plain water each.
Then over to the 5 smaller Rose of Sharon shrubs. 1 gallon with 20-20-20 and 1 gallon of plain water each. Swamp milkweed up there doing reasonably well, unfortunately did not have enough juice to water those.
Noticed some activity in the sparrow trap as I was doing that so headed over to check that out after I finished watering. Got another 3 house sparrows, looked to be juveniles and all were still alive. They should be about cooked by now so will need to be removed at some point today.
Took the Water Buffalo and dropped it back by the garden to be refilled.
Woman had come back out at that point as it had cooled off - not much but a little - and was picking Japanese Beetles off plants in the garden.
Since there was some shade I took the opportunity to sit in the old office chair I had moved out of the basement onto the patio and Woman came over and we chatted for a bit.
She suggested that since I had emptied the Buffalo I should use the opportunity while we were just sitting there to refill it. She's really helpful like that ...
So I went over and hooked it up and started a slow refill.
Took down the string line along the concrete walkway as it was a tripping hazard.
Wasn't too long after that She had had enough of the heat and headed back inside.
I started working on the winter squash and pumpkins along the east edge of flower bed that I had planted yesterday (?), giving each one a drink and mulching around the plants.
Once that was done started planting some of the "Honey Baby" winter squash in the remaining spaces that were available. Got 2 planted before getting called in for dinner, then got another 2 planted after dinner.
At that point it was starting to get dark so I gathered up the stuff that needed to be brought inside and came on in myself after watching the bats feed for a bit.
Around 23:00 I turned on the floodlights and went back out and connected up the soaker hose on the indeterminate tomatoes and ran it for around 20 minutes.
That hose has a good sized leak in it which I was able to locate using the flashlight on my phone. Fortunately I have a hose mender for 1/2" hose in stock ... so repairing that is on the menu at some point today.
Right now I need to get out there and get the stuff on the back shelves watered before they dry out too badly.
Then I might hook up the soaker hose on the blueberries and rhubarb and let that run for a bit. They have not been watered so far this year.
Temps have been hot enough that anywhere the ground isn't mulched or covered with weed block fabric it is cracking due to drying out.
Other than that just see what else comes up.
Day lilies have begun to bloom:
Hope everyone is having a decent Sunday ...
