Hot-Hot-Hot!

Oh yes.  The heat is here.  Thank you very much.  Most everything in the garden is responding to the heat positively with fruit ripening on the trees and vines, beans climbing the tall corn stalks, and tomatoes popping on every single plant.  There is one group that is not enjoying the heat – the garden crew.  Some of the staff has taken to the notion that it’s hibernating time.

Hiding behind the curtains is the best Ajax can do in trying to hide.  Our 8 month old prefers naps on the cool stone floor in front of a fan with the air conditioning doing what it’s supposed to do.

I’m with you, boy.

I Love Global Warming!

Sweet peas continue to bloom in the garden.  Sure.  They’re starting to go to seed but there are still sweet peas blooming in the garden and it’s June 4th!  Once they have petered out, the green beans will be planted.  Shoot.  Green beans probably won’t be ready until Labor Day.

Typically I’m whining about the hellish heat by the time the calendar pages have been torn down to show June.  I’ve been in a long sleeve t-shirt and jeans all day long.  Right now I have some comfy slippers on keeping my cold feet a bit warmer.  What the heck?!  I love it.  Please hear my gratitude.  I hope it’s as loud or even louder than my whining.

Sure.  There are some around here complaining that it’s not hot yet.  I only smile at them and nod hoping not to trigger anything in their obvious mental unbalance.  Rather than me rant about the foolishness of “global warming” or “climate change” or whatever else it’s called now, the bees and I are deliriously happy with things the way they are now and will enjoy buzzing around the garden as long as this weather holds.  It’s good to be content.

60 °F

Not to dwell on the weather, but it’s currently 60 °F.  After lunch, me and Ajax headed out to the garden.  I had some seed catalogs to review and he had some very important business to tend to.

The Nap Fairy has hit us both hard with a big bag of sand; so we’re headed in for a nap.

I think my thermometer goes bonkers when the sun hits it and reports 31 °F higher than the actual temperature.  This may need to be replaced since it only goes up to 120 °F.  That won’t work in a month or two.

Summer Summer Go Away…

Remember January?  Remember rain?  Remember sweaters?

It’s so flippin’ hot here that the tomatoes and peppers are turning into salsa out in the garden without any help from me.  It’s too  stinkin’ hot.  For those gardeners that longed for the summer during a long, cold, wet winter I say to you:  I’ve had it.  Enough is enough.  You’ve had your summer now let me have some cool weather so I can get on with business.  Sorry.  But it’s time for you to go back inside and endure cabin fever while I enjoy more comfortable weather.  It’s only fair.

Aren’t you ready for apples and jack o’lanterns?  Aren’t you ready for Thanksgiving feasts and Chirstmas goodies?  Aren’t you ready for the seasons to change?  Aren’t you ready to have me stop whining about the heat?