Monday, May 19, 2008

Temps in the upper 90s

We have a heat wave, with temps in Tucson reaching the triple digits. It was 90F when I left the house at 11:30am. It was so hot I let the dogs stay indoors with the back porch door open.

Most of my green beans are now sprouting and in another month every other bean I've planted will be ready for harvest. So far the cool-weather veggies like beets and cabbage are still growing, but I worry about their progress after this heat wave, which is to linger until Thursday. I placed an old wooden futon frame over the beets and cabbage.

The rest of the garden is looking great. The sunflower heliopsis are in full bloom and it looks like my asters will soon pop open.

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