Last week I prepared yogurt cups to start my next crop of radishes. Rew found the cups and had lots of fun playing with the dirt. I told a friend about the mess he made and said I needed to prepare the cups again and she said, “It is 95 degrees outside, you do realize that it is warm enough to plant your seeds directly in the dirt don’t you?” Actually, I had forgotten. I had become so accustomed to reacting to the short growing season, snow storms, severe winds, ravenous rabbits, and even the effects of an unexpected heat wave, that I forgot that there are a couple of weeks each year where I can relax and just plop seeds in the ground. So I guess I can take a break from whining about our extreme climate, but you can look forward to it resuming in late August when we get our first freeze. 😉
A couple of weeks ago I shared that I did not think I would have any blackberries this year because an early heat wave had almost killed these babies off , but look at how resilient these little guys are.
It looks like we will be eating green beans soon! My favorite way to eat green beans is sauteed with lots of garlic in a little bit of butter.
The broccoli is coming along nicely. This is my second planting. I will plant one more crop in late August, so that we can enjoy fresh broccoli late into the fall.
I have not given up on serving squash for dinner on Saturday. My favorite way to cook squash is to slice it thinly and saute it with onions in a bit of olive oil.
My husband has put automatic sprinklers in my raised beds so we can take a vacation without me worrying too much about my plants frying in the sun while we are gone.How Does Your Garden Grow? Post a link to your garden update at High and Noble Calling.
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Rachel says
Your garden looks great! Your broccoli looks great…my broccoli didn't do anything at all but it is a great idea to plant some for the fall! Maybe I could succeed then!! 🙂
Struggler says
Wow, I didn't know you could plant straight in the ground in warm weather. I'll tell Beloved Husband – he wants to try some more basil since I was so un-green-fingered with our first batch.
Still cheering for the squash!
Alea says
The first 2 weeks of August we usually have day time highs in the high 90's to low 100's. But yes even with those hot temps, we usually receive our first frost in late August. My kids tease that they go to bed in summer and wake up in winter. We actually alternate between summer temps and winter temps throughout our autumn.
The day before the first frost I will pull up all of the tomato plants and hang them upside down in the garage and harvest the tomatoes as they ripen. But many of the other plants will continue to thrive where planted if I throw plastic drop cloths over the raised beds at night. And some plants like letttuce, peas, parsley, kale, and broccoli can even handle a little snow.
The Book Lady Online says
Do you really have a first frost in August? We are in the deep, deep south and I cannot imagine an August without 90-100 deg temps.
Your garden looks beautiful! Hope you get to cook lots of squash on Saturday :o) Yummy!