Welcome to SUMMER everyone! Today is the Summer Soltice...longest day, shortest night of the year. Here in Vermont, temps will average 72 degrees with nighttime temps in the chilly low 50's. Just beautiful. My first daylily opened this morning, 'Emerald Dream', Very appropriate.
And ours will start going away. Still happy that the days get shorter as we go through July and August. With our heat and lack of rain, if they kept getting longer, we'd be looking like the Mojave.
Thanks for the new thread Juli. It is a pretty sky even if it was last year.
I am a strong believer in the simple fact is that what matters in this life is how we treat others. I think that's what living is all about. Not what I've done in my life but how I've treated others. ~~ Sharon Brown
But welcome to winter everyone here - the sun started coming back to us two hours ago.
Sorry about that, Glen. I am sorry you are going in to winter - but your winter's can't be all bad, if you have daylilies blooming every day. I hope I never have to go through another winter like we had this past year here…. (shivers) it was awful.
Perfect day today. It's only about 72 but my the sun is warm. Was out weeding for about 45 minutes and had to come in for a break and thirst break. Sweat was running down into my eyes. I need to either wear a hat or get a sweat band to wear.
Well now I know why I was so hot. It isn't 72 but almost 80. Didn't think it was supposed to get quite that warm today. I will wait till I get some afternoon shade to continue my weeding.
We are starting summer with a nice pleasant 101 so far... A heat wave is predicted for this week. Seems like it has been summer for ever and like Debra I am glad the days will start getting shorter now.
" And the Lord God planted a garden eastward in Eden" Genesis 2:8
Linda. 101 & you're going to get a heat wave. I'm shuddering at the thought.
I am a strong believer in the simple fact is that what matters in this life is how we treat others. I think that's what living is all about. Not what I've done in my life but how I've treated others. ~~ Sharon Brown
Name: Tina Where the desert meets the sea (Zone 9b)
Until we can dislodge Natalie's hoarded stash of cool air ( !!!) I'm at least glad that the daylilies have pretty much bounced back from the first 106-degree heat wave here. I'm getting pots ready to pull up any daylilies that start to falter as the 3-month desert season begins, since all of the plants potted in shade make it through okay. And DH is listening each time I describe shading options for our blast furnace garden, so I'm hoping the holiday season this year will include some shade cloth and poles!
Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of old; seek what those of old sought. — Basho
I'll supposedly be letting go on Monday. It's supposed to get up to 90! Nights are still very cool though, so I'm not going to complain.
Can't wait to see what you come up with for using the shade cloth, Tina. I do believe that some is in my future too, if I can figure out how to keep it from blowing away. I'm also afraid of it ripping in the wind. If this year is like last year, I'm in for some triple digit temps myself.
Name: Tina Where the desert meets the sea (Zone 9b)
I hear you about the wind-in-the-shadecloth issues. But, here's just one photo of a set up where its easy to pull back the cloth, like a shower curtain (kind of) for any stormy weather.This would be easy to do with shade cloth and retractable clothes lines run between poles or, in my case, between shed and fence on either side of the garden. I'm quickly searching out other configurations that might thwart the wind-problem, so that my wish-list will be ready by early winter.
Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of old; seek what those of old sought. — Basho