/teacher mode

A. You cannot touch the cast iron railing around your deck
B. The standing water in your hose is hotter than your shower
C. You cannot step on the metal steps of your deck barefoot
D. All of the above

/teacher mode

Chris

Chris wrote:
/teacher mode

A. You cannot touch the cast iron railing around your deck
B. The standing water in your hose is hotter than your shower
C. You cannot step on the metal steps of your deck barefoot
D. All of the above

/teacher mode

Chris

Too hot to walk barefoot on my wood deck, 98 yesterday, last night was nice
72 for the low and I slept well without the air running and windows open
during the night. Today expected to have a high around 93 Fahrenheit.

Tomatoes seem to go no where, my cucumbers are growing like gangbusters in
this hot weather. Leaf lettuce bolting, green beans seem to suffer, corn
needs more rain badly. Lawn is scraggly and dry needle like on the footsies


Indoors, lots of baking with the air on, humidity is low in the house so I
think a pan fudge, fresh bread and peach cobbler is on the order for the
day. Too hot outside for grilling, I'll burn my little toes off on my back
deck. So Chicken and Dumplings with the peach cobbler sounds good to me and
therefore I won't be loosing any weight soon.

Shoes and old age just does not go well with me anymore

--
Enjoy Life... Nad R (Garden in zone 5a Michigan)

On Fri, 22 Jul 2011 16:00:19 +0000 (UTC), Nad R
wrote:

Chris wrote:
/teacher mode

A. You cannot touch the cast iron railing around your deck
B. The standing water in your hose is hotter than your shower
C. You cannot step on the metal steps of your deck barefoot
D. All of the above

/teacher mode

Chris

Too hot to walk barefoot on my wood deck, 98 yesterday, last night was nice
72 for the low and I slept well without the air running and windows open
during the night. Today expected to have a high around 93 Fahrenheit.

It is 94 in my kitchen. The outside temp in the shade is 101. The deck
back planks register between 137 and 146 with an IR thermometer.

We are going out for dinner, To hell with it.

On 7/22/11 9:34 AM, Boron Elgar wrote:
On Fri, 22 Jul 2011 16:00:19 +0000 (UTC), Nad R
wrote:

Chris wrote:
/teacher mode

A. You cannot touch the cast iron railing around your deck
B. The standing water in your hose is hotter than your shower
C. You cannot step on the metal steps of your deck barefoot
D. All of the above

/teacher mode

Chris

Too hot to walk barefoot on my wood deck, 98 yesterday, last night was nice
72 for the low and I slept well without the air running and windows open
during the night. Today expected to have a high around 93 Fahrenheit.

It is 94 in my kitchen. The outside temp in the shade is 101. The deck
back planks register between 137 and 146 with an IR thermometer.

We are going out for dinner, To hell with it.

Where I live, the average of daily highs for July over the past 6 years
is 93°F. The same is true for August. September is "only" 90°F. These
are actual temperatures without any adjustments for humidity.
Fortunately, the averages of night-time lows is about 30°F lower than
the day-time highs.

No, I don't live in the desert. The National Weather Service classifies
my climate as coastal valley.

--
David E. Ross
Climate: California Mediterranean, see
http://www.rossde.com/garden/climate.html
Gardening diary at http://www.rossde.com/garden/diary

On 7/22/2011 11:38 AM, Chris wrote:
/teacher mode

A. You cannot touch the cast iron railing around your deck
B. The standing water in your hose is hotter than your shower
C. You cannot step on the metal steps of your deck barefoot
D. All of the above

/teacher mode

Chris

Has not quite topped 100 here in northern Delaware but my tomatoes grown
on deck in pots don't appear to like all the heat we are getting.
Tomatoes look good but plant growth seems down. Hybrid big boy and
early girl don't look as good as heirloom brandywine.

Frank wrote:
On 7/22/2011 11:38 AM, Chris wrote:
/teacher mode

A. You cannot touch the cast iron railing around your deck
B. The standing water in your hose is hotter than your shower
C. You cannot step on the metal steps of your deck barefoot
D. All of the above

/teacher mode

Chris

Has not quite topped 100 here in northern Delaware but my tomatoes grown
on deck in pots don't appear to like all the heat we are getting.
Tomatoes look good but plant growth seems down. Hybrid big boy and early
girl don't look as good as heirloom brandywine.

Same here, tomatoes look healthy but the growth is down, I would estimate
one forth shorter in height than normal.

--
Enjoy Life... Nad R (Garden in zone 5a Michigan)

On 7/22/2011 12:34 PM, Boron Elgar wrote:
On Fri, 22 Jul 2011 16:00:19 +0000 (UTC), Nad R
wrote:

wrote:
/teacher mode

A. You cannot touch the cast iron railing around your deck
B. The standing water in your hose is hotter than your shower
C. You cannot step on the metal steps of your deck barefoot
D. All of the above

/teacher mode

Chris

Too hot to walk barefoot on my wood deck, 98 yesterday, last night was nice
72 for the low and I slept well without the air running and windows open
during the night. Today expected to have a high around 93 Fahrenheit.

It is 94 in my kitchen. The outside temp in the shade is 101. The deck
back planks register between 137 and 146 with an IR thermometer.

We are going out for dinner, To hell with it.
Last year, in Louisiana it was 110 degrees. Went into a restaurant.
When we came out, right as the sun went below the horizon, I remarked a
cool font must have come through. It felt cool. Car thermometer and
thermometer on a sign, down the road, read 103 degrees.

On 7/22/11 11:38 AM, Chris wrote:
/teacher mode

A. You cannot touch the cast iron railing around your deck
B. The standing water in your hose is hotter than your shower
C. You cannot step on the metal steps of your deck barefoot
D. All of the above

/teacher mode

Chris
when you can't put your bare foot on the wooden deck!

C

"Nad R" wrote in message
...
Chris wrote:
/teacher mode

A. You cannot touch the cast iron railing around your deck
B. The standing water in your hose is hotter than your shower
C. You cannot step on the metal steps of your deck barefoot
D. All of the above

/teacher mode

Chris

Too hot to walk barefoot on my wood deck, 98 yesterday, last night was
nice
72 for the low and I slept well without the air running and windows open
during the night. Today expected to have a high around 93 Fahrenheit.

Tomatoes seem to go no where, my cucumbers are growing like gangbusters in
this hot weather. Leaf lettuce bolting, green beans seem to suffer, corn
needs more rain badly. Lawn is scraggly and dry needle like on the
footsies


Indoors, lots of baking with the air on, humidity is low in the house so I
think a pan fudge, fresh bread and peach cobbler is on the order for the
day. Too hot outside for grilling, I'll burn my little toes off on my back
deck. So Chicken and Dumplings with the peach cobbler sounds good to me
and
therefore I won't be loosing any weight soon.

Shoes and old age just does not go well with me anymore

'air on'???? What's with this 'air on' biz? The temps you've mentioned
means it hasn't hit the ton yet.

And that list of food is winter fare IMO. Here, when it does get hot,
summer food is BBQ or cold meats or grilled meat (broiled in USian think)
and salads - nothing at all that requires the oven to be on. Dessert is
fruit salad or icecream but mainly no dessert at all because it's too darned
hot to add food to a stomach that then generates heat in the digestive
process.

In article ,
"FarmI" ask@itshall be given wrote:

"Nad R" wrote in message
...
Chris wrote:
/teacher mode

A. You cannot touch the cast iron railing around your deck
B. The standing water in your hose is hotter than your shower
C. You cannot step on the metal steps of your deck barefoot
D. All of the above

/teacher mode

Chris

Too hot to walk barefoot on my wood deck, 98 yesterday, last night was
nice
72 for the low and I slept well without the air running and windows open
during the night. Today expected to have a high around 93 Fahrenheit.

Tomatoes seem to go no where, my cucumbers are growing like gangbusters in
this hot weather. Leaf lettuce bolting, green beans seem to suffer, corn
needs more rain badly. Lawn is scraggly and dry needle like on the
footsies


Indoors, lots of baking with the air on, humidity is low in the house so I
think a pan fudge, fresh bread and peach cobbler is on the order for the
day. Too hot outside for grilling, I'll burn my little toes off on my back
deck. So Chicken and Dumplings with the peach cobbler sounds good to me
and
therefore I won't be loosing any weight soon.

Shoes and old age just does not go well with me anymore

'air on'???? What's with this 'air on' biz?
Air conditioning
The temps you've mentioned
means it hasn't hit the ton yet.
Cobbler isn't too bad, only takes 20 min. Make it in the afternoon when
things start to cool down and you can open all the windows. At least
that's what I do, but my low tonight is 52F. Charlie Underlog, and Bill
Who Putters are looking at 72F for a low tonight. Makes me faint to
think of it, and I sleep next to an open window, which, thanks to my
diuretic, I'm awake enough to close when it gets too cool at night.

And that list of food is winter fare IMO. Here, when it does get hot,
summer food is BBQ or cold meats or grilled meat (broiled in USian think)
and salads - nothing at all that requires the oven to be on. Dessert is
fruit salad or icecream but mainly no dessert at all because it's too darned
hot to add food to a stomach that then generates heat in the digestive
process.

I'll sometimes boil potatoes of an evening for potato salad the
following day. My potato salad is at least 50% celery, radish, green
onion, and pickles with the odd bit of lettuce lining the bowl which is
thrown in for the presentation. Desert is often fruit, and cheese.
Cooking during the day is out during the summer, but helps warm the
house during the winter.

Nad has just moved to the country, it may take awhile for him to find
the rhythm.

Our air conditioning (AC) is closing up in the morning, and then opening
up in the evening. We aren't total savages, we do have an attic fan.
--
- Billy
Obama is now backing a bipartisan Senate budget plan that would overhaul Social Security and Medicare, while cutting taxes on the wealthy.
http://www.democracynow.org/2011/7/21/headlines
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Vote 3rd Party

Billy wrote:
In article ,
"FarmI" ask@itshall be given wrote:
"Nad R" wrote in message

'air on'???? What's with this 'air on' biz?
Air conditioning
The temps you've mentioned
means it hasn't hit the ton yet.
Cobbler isn't too bad, only takes 20 min. Make it in the afternoon when
things start to cool down and you can open all the windows. At least
that's what I do, but my low tonight is 52F. Charlie Underlog, and Bill
Who Putters are looking at 72F for a low tonight. Makes me faint to
think of it, and I sleep next to an open window, which, thanks to my
diuretic, I'm awake enough to close when it gets too cool at night.

The night time Temperatures are around the 70s lately. It is the hottest
summer in decades. I turn the "Air" off when temperature gets below 85F. I
completely understand how you feel when it comes to taking those diuretics


And that list of food is winter fare IMO. Here, when it does get hot,
summer food is BBQ or cold meats or grilled meat (broiled in USian think)
and salads - nothing at all that requires the oven to be on. Dessert is
fruit salad or icecream but mainly no dessert at all because it's too darned
hot to add food to a stomach that then generates heat in the digestive
process.

Normally yes, it is winter food. But with the air conditioner on that runs
about two weeks a year. The humidity inside the home is low that winter
food does not seem bad. I also made a batch of fudge, humidity wreck havoc
on making good fudge.

But like I said the deck was tooooo hot for grilling. Summer is also for
bare feet, forget those shoes.

I'll sometimes boil potatoes of an evening for potato salad the
following day. My potato salad is at least 50% celery, radish, green
onion, and pickles with the odd bit of lettuce lining the bowl which is
thrown in for the presentation. Desert is often fruit, and cheese.
Cooking during the day is out during the summer, but helps warm the
house during the winter.

The only lettuce that is good was the Butter Crunch Bib lettuce, all other
lettuces tasted hot and strong, I pulled it the most of it. Same with the
neighbors about there lettuce, the extra hot summer seems to have an effect
on lettuce. But I surprised it had no effect on the bib lettuce, tasted
very good.

Potato salad sounds good for tomorrow, left overs today... The cobbler was
good.

Nad has just moved to the country, it may take awhile for him to find
the rhythm.

I am going on my thirteenth year now, I am have pretty much settled into
the country lifestyle. I can tell by the way I drive, slow and looking at
the scenery, people passing me by, yep I am now a country driver, gone are
the bumper riding, speeding, hard accelerating mad man

--
Enjoy Life... Nad R (Garden in zone 5a Michigan)

On 7/22/2011 5:04 PM, Nad R wrote:
wrote:
On 7/22/2011 11:38 AM, Chris wrote:
/teacher mode

A. You cannot touch the cast iron railing around your deck
B. The standing water in your hose is hotter than your shower
C. You cannot step on the metal steps of your deck barefoot
D. All of the above

/teacher mode

Chris

Has not quite topped 100 here in northern Delaware but my tomatoes grown
on deck in pots don't appear to like all the heat we are getting.
Tomatoes look good but plant growth seems down. Hybrid big boy and early
girl don't look as good as heirloom brandywine.

Same here, tomatoes look healthy but the growth is down, I would estimate
one forth shorter in height than normal.


After posting, I visited neighbor with plants in the ground and they
were bigger and greener but he did go for later planting and is just
starting to get ripe ones while I've had them for nearly a month.

His cucumbers are ready for picking but mine are only an inch or so.
Again, ground vs pot.

Frank wrote:
On 7/22/2011 5:04 PM, Nad R wrote:
wrote:
On 7/22/2011 11:38 AM, Chris wrote:
/teacher mode

A. You cannot touch the cast iron railing around your deck
B. The standing water in your hose is hotter than your shower
C. You cannot step on the metal steps of your deck barefoot
D. All of the above

/teacher mode

Chris

Has not quite topped 100 here in northern Delaware but my tomatoes grown
on deck in pots don't appear to like all the heat we are getting.
Tomatoes look good but plant growth seems down. Hybrid big boy and early
girl don't look as good as heirloom brandywine.

Same here, tomatoes look healthy but the growth is down, I would estimate
one forth shorter in height than normal.


After posting, I visited neighbor with plants in the ground and they were
bigger and greener but he did go for later planting and is just starting
to get ripe ones while I've had them for nearly a month.

His cucumbers are ready for picking but mine are only an inch or so.
Again, ground vs pot.

My cucumbers are going like gang busters, soon the canning equipment gets
dragged out of the basement. I will say cucumbers seem to like hot weather.
I think I am going to grow okra each year again, it must be a food year for
okra growers.

--
Enjoy Life... Nad R (Garden in zone 5a Michigan)

"Chris" wrote in message
...
/teacher mode

A. You cannot touch the cast iron railing around your deck
B. The standing water in your hose is hotter than your shower
C. You cannot step on the metal steps of your deck barefoot
D. All of the above

/teacher mode

Chris

When you see the jackrabbits carrying canteens.

Steve

"Steve B" wrote:
"Chris" wrote in message
...
/teacher mode

A. You cannot touch the cast iron railing around your deck
B. The standing water in your hose is hotter than your shower
C. You cannot step on the metal steps of your deck barefoot
D. All of the above

/teacher mode

Chris

When you see the jackrabbits carrying canteens.

Steve

I am seeing more wildlife on the move, water is becoming scarce for them.
The ponds and are really low this year. I saw my little yorkie out in the
field last week and would not come when I called. My little yorkie found a
bunch new born rabbits. Little Mickey killed four new born rabbits about
twice the size of a mouse and was eating one, he ran off from me and
completely ate one of the baby rabbits. I should say the adult rabbits are
just a little bigger than my little feisty dog.

--
Enjoy Life... Nad R (Garden in zone 5a Michigan)