On Sun, 22 Jun 2014 11:20:35 -0400, songbird
wrote:

bluechick wrote:
songbird wrote:
bluechick wrote:
George wrote:
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George, who picked a peck of peppers yesterday and today.

You and songbird have been busier than the rest of us put together.

haha, noway! some days i'm getting less than
two hours of tasks done lately out in the gardens.

Yes, way! That's two hours more than we can do some days. We went
out to water the veggies and orchard this morning at 7 and to check
the new drip hose in the tomato bed. We decided to pick a few
blackberries from the bushes close to the garden as well. One hour
later we were both drenched in sweat and debilitated by the heat. By
8am it was unbearable. Summer is here on Saturday? Dagnabbit, I've
had enough of the heat already and am ready for fall again!

it was hot and a bit humid yesterday. the last
of the gardens planted (finally!). when i was
done, i was done for the day. supposedly today
will be a hair warmer. i'll be weeding, picking
some strawberries, thinning and transplanting
onions.

This was the first "cool" day we've had in over a month. We got all
of 7/10ths of an inch of rain, too. Wooo! Well, it's better than
nothing and it did cool things off a bit. Our heat+humidity has been
oppressive. We managed to pick MORE blackberries (heh) and I got the
herb bed weeded. Found about a dozen lime or lemon basil plants,
self-seeded from last year's plants, hiding behind the rosemary. I
may have to move them since their forebears weren't that close to the
rosemary last year and the rosemary won't be happy that they're there.
first though i have to wait for the fumes from
the neighbor spraying his corn field to blow
over.

What fun. :/ You don't want to breathe in that stuff.

might have to replant in some spots if the
critters don't let up on their harvesting rights.

Arg, I feel your pain. I'm battling some caterpillars in the tomato
bed now and something stealthy is munching on one of my peppers.

our critter challenges are more furred and four-
footed these days, the tomato worms come later in
late July and August. looks like if i want to keep
any crocuses at all i'll have to put them in cages
when i plant them.

My husband was on one side of the tomato bed and I was on the other
yesterday morning when he flushed out something. I wasn't expecting
to go to the garden so was wearing sandals, not proper footwear for
gardening (we've seen snakes on the way to the garden so I usually
don't take chances). I felt the unknown object, soft and furry, hit
the top of my foot. I may have made something that sounded like a
girly scream but I admit nothing. Turns out, said unknown soft, furry
object was a baby bunny! So, now we have four footed critters in
addition to the multi-legged buggy kind. Joy. My husband won't stop
teasing me about the fiendish attack bunny.

do you have pans of water out for the animals?
sometimes they are chewing not for the nutrition
but for the water.

Well, just down the hill from the garden is our lake but since it's
been dry I have put out water there. The anoles that are patrolling
the tomatoes won't touch it, preferring to lick moisture off the
leaves, but I guess the wascally wabbit will appreciate it. I guess
he's afraid to try to make it to the lake. Too many hawks around
waiting for something like that.