This hot, hot, dry, dry summer was tough on our garden. We harvested a few tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers and 1 little bitty ol’ canteloupe back in June and July. Since then, it has been too stinkin’ hot to even get out there to work. Yuck. We pulled everything up in late July (except the watermelon vine and that crazy pepper plant that likes the high temps)with the plan to start a few things for August. Um, yea. That didn’t happen.
Finally, we have a break from the heat. We had a couple of pretty (read as cooler than 90 degrees) days around the beginning of September so we weeded everything and laid down a new layer of compost.
Today, the high is only 89! Whoo Hoo! (let’s pretend that last Friday wasn’t day #65 or so of 100+ degree temps) I picked up some lettuce, cabbage, and broccoli from HD to transplant. I decided to try one more early producing tomato too. Maybe we’ll get a few more before the temps get too cold.
So…here it is, the fall garden with it’s teeny tiny transplants, the crazy and loaded bell pepper plant and one happy, but not fruitful, watermelon vine. Bring on the fall!
