If the garden thermometer had a setting that read “hot as balls” that’s what it would have read the past 3 days. Scorching heat with the heat index hitting 107 degrees by 9:00am. The heat wave has consumed most of the Midwest but has past on today, you’re welcome New York and Philly.
Thank You to Farm n Wife for doing a quick piece on us. See it here.
Here’s a bunch of pics of how the garden is doing.
Nice pics!
is the photo w/ white flowers a type of pea?
Yep. I accidentally published before I had all the pics up…. Check out the cicada that molted on Zoey’s sand box. That’s the shell on the left.
I love your pictures and am enjoying keeping up with how your very small farm is doing! LOVE the cicada photo!
Beautiful, just beautiful! Your garden is coming along nicely. I agree, the heat wave we had was unbelievable, and today was the first day we could open up the windows with no AC going. We would love to come visit your farm one weekend and meet you guys! Is that possible? We live in Seven Hills and would love to come for a visit.
Absolutely! Email me and we’ll set it up.
We just emailed you through your contact us page!
Looking good, despite the heat.
What a beautiful garden! We’ve suffered 100*+ weather too. But just starting to harvest tomatoes! Would love to have a garden the size of yours one day!
very productive…
It has been hot up here in New England as well. Garden looks terrific, and your daughter is a beauty. We’re inundated with berries (that’s a good thing), and been harvesting lettuce, cucumbers, radishes and turnips. Tomatoes are on but not ready yet. Gardening is a good thing.
Wow. I used to complain about farming in the PNW because of the overabundance of rain and how it affects one’s mood. But after comparing it with my mid-west and east coast friends’ droughty hot weather troubles, I realize how good we have it. Thank you for sharing. I think you would like my friend Jenny’s blog, btw. Check out her recent post regarding the weather in the midwest http://jennyperennial.wordpress.com/2012/06/27/setting-fire-to-any-prospect-of-rain/
Looking good! We just got rid of that heat wave today. Adios I say!!!
Somehow, 107 doesn’t translate in Ohio the same way it does in Texas. None of your plants look “burned up”, which is what happens to everything here when it is that hot. Your garden is beautiful!
oh I wish you could send some of that heat to Ireland! I love watching your veggies thrive! Beautiful.
Happy eating. I wish I had planted vegetables for human consumption. As it is, I’ve planted only Wabbit delicacies. Your photos are excellent.
please send some sunshine to the UK, we have had so much rain the fruit is being ruined and some seeds have just been washed away. Your veggies look great, well done.
We have the opposite problem in Michigan–too much sun and not enough rain!
All looks yummy–except the bugs. We have had a break from the horrid heat, so I hope it comes your way. We have not had your humidity tho.
We have the cicadas and shells around already, too… seems too early! The garden looks good for what we’ve been through with the weather. I’ll have tomatoes still, and hopefully a cucumber or two but the rest is toast. Literally.
Do you actually feed your hens sliced strawberries? I’m not showing that pic to my girls, it would start a revolution! Lucky birds!!!!!
Here in Sydney Australia it’s mid-winter and today it will be close to 70 and sunny. No complaints from me. Many things in my garden do better this time of year because the summer heat (rarely as hot as you’ve had it) really burns my plants. Peas are a winter crop here. How come yours aren’t even drooping? What a fantastic and productive garden.
The hens love strawberries and watermelon rinds. We always leave a little red on it when we cut them, same with the statwberries. They love the scraps and are the worlds beat compost machine.
I’m sure my hens will love strawberries if I ever have any leftovers (not likely) but they turn their nose up at watermelon rinds. Too much work for my girls, they’d much prefer to raid my cauliflower (grrrr)!
Because they free range all day and there is plenty of fresh stuff for them to eat, they are pretty picky when it comes to treats. Their favourite treat is yogurt and it’s what I love to give them because they go into a frenzy doing a face-plant into the plate and throwing it all over each other before I can even set the plate on the grass.
I think the thermometer in my car read, “Hot as ballz” this morning. Glad to see your veggies surviving despite the heat. Love the photos.
I laughed out loud when I read this! It is so true! It’s been very very hot!
Ahhhh….your garden looks great! We got all of ours in a bit late this year (in Northern IL), due to our vacation but have been able to enjoy patty pan’s, zucchini and peppers so far. Still waiting for our tomatoes to ripen! *sigh* Love your blog!
We opted out of a vegetable garden this year because of the God awful heat and drought. I miss the fresh veggies, but it would have been hell trying keep everything watered.
I am so glad your garden is doing well :) Looks awesome!
You are ahead of me!! Looks amazing! Today i harvested the last of the peas, beets, onions and radish. In very small quantities! :) Thank goodness the heat has moved on. Talk about neglected gardens.
I can’t believe you have peas and broccoli in good shape this time of year.
“Hot as…” has moved into the Sacramento, CA valley. Full circle. Careful…it will be coming your way again! Great post.
There is an old classic book – How to have a green thumb without an aching back – by Ruth Stout, who was an advocate for deep mulching. I have long since discovered that to keep every square inch of your garden growing with
‘something’ , edibles or weeds, the need to water in times of heat is greatly reduced, and the biomass in the soil increases fast. Nature has no ‘gaps’, everything is covered, and with some thought and planning, a great garden can happen in the midst of all.
The most poignant reminder of summer to me was that cicada. Once every 4 years, we get an explosion of HUGE black cicadas with bright red eyes in the eucalyptus trees around the house. They start off chaotic but within a few weeks manage to unite in an almighty symphony of “CLICK”! It goes on until all of the birds, carniverous animals and chooks etc. eat their fill and the adults mate, lay their eggs and then die. All taking place in the scorching heat. We feel your pain fellow gardener but at the moment we are wearing our gloves, sitting huddled next to the wood fire stove and I am just about to make myself a hot water bottle to head to bed…one minute cicadas…the next snow! ;)
Great looking Vegetables!
GREAT! everything is looking yummy, our tomatoes are just starting to form here. That’s a groovy-but-gross picture of the cicada…I think it’s the red background that makes it look so menacing ;)
*anna
mulch, mulch, mulch….this my hot, dry , summer mantra..best wishes.
J
Your garden doesn’t seem to be minding the terrible heat. And I love your little helper picking the cukes! Such a cutie! Hope things cool down now for a bit. At least into “bearable” territory.
I can’t imagine keeping the garden watered with the heat you’ve endured. I find it a big job and we haven’t yet had nearly as much heat. Glad there’s a little break in the action…that is some bug, by the way! Debra
Your peas look fantastic! Mine did not survive the 9 days of 100+ heat. They baked to a crisp. Quite sad…as they were the most productive peas I’d ever planted up to that point!
I loved to eat peas from a pod when I was a child growing up in Ireland… sweet memories! Love all the fresh produce that you are growing!
hot here too. our next post is going to be “Dear Virginia: Why are you trying to kill us”….
Beautiful veggies, I’ve become really good at growing weeds, but so far not so much with the veggies.
Love your first sentence. I think much of the country is feeling that way. It’s that way here, too.
Email us so we can setup our meeting! We can’t wait to see your farm!
Garden looks good, but I’m trying to figure whats growing faster, it or Zoey! LOL Keep up the good work on both :~)
Do you know what the bug is in the last picture, on the right side? I just found one recently and didn’t know what the heck it was!
Yes, it’s a Cicada. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cicada
I love your blogsite. just started my first worm bin. So far so good.Also I can relate to your article about rabbits. This year I finally conquered the gophers eating my cantaloupe by using raised bins with stainless steal mesh underneath. but now I have rabbits eating the greenery growing down the sides of the bin. Will they also go after the cantaloupes when they are ripe?
Do you have any potato growing tips? I have tried a number of ways with no luck. Thank you, and keep up the good work!
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Beautiful garden!! Your produce looks delicious :-)
I love your description of heat… :)
and that bug gives me the creeps. you can keep them!
sorry to hear about all the heat out there. it can be too much of a good thing. hope it cools down soon. thankfully out here in Washington its been pretty nice this summer averaging about 70 and a high of 80. sending some of our weather your way. ;) oh and thanks for stopping by my blog.