Been gone a few days..

..and not much has changed. No rain. Watering every other day. Couple of cukes about ready to pick. Squash is flowering and failing, mostly. Not sure what the problem is.

Watered..

..everything thoroughly by hand. Harvested some squash and peppers (prematurely- still green). Staked tomatoes some more- they are really growing and covering other plants.

Cuke and beans

OK, so it's not the cornucopia yet, but the summer is young (yesterday was the solstice) and things are looking up. There are a few more squash almost ready, some little cukes, peppers look good, and the tomatoes seem to be setting more fruit. No sign of flowers on the eggplants yet.

It's hot as hades though and still no rain. It was 102 yesterday and probably at least 100 today. I'm watering every third day for an hour, but wetting the potted plants and straw bales daily.

Basil

Forgot to mention Laura harvested some beautiful basil from the pot on the front porch and made a great pesto for Father's day today. Yum!

Washed..

... the garden with dish detergent using the hose sprayer early yesterday, watered from 7 to 8 PM. Sprinkler is set for every 3 days but I'm watering the straw garden and potted plants daily. Temp was officially 100 today!

Sprayed bloom-set...

..on tomatoes and other flowers in hopes of getting more fruit, 2 days ago. It's really hot and miserable right through here, no significant rain in 3 weeks or more.

Picked one squash and one (LOL) green bean today. Squash seem to be doing poorly; lots of flowers but the fruit wrinkles and falls off or rots early.

All in all I'm not real happy or impressed with results so far.

Cleaned up..

...literally with a good hose spray with soap solution to deter insects. Did that on Sunday 6/13. Also took the accompanying pictures. Laura thinks I'm watering too much so I compromised by hand watering the straw-garden and potted plants, and will hold off on the sprinkler for another day (let it go to every third day). Man it's hot and humid- haven't had rain in weeks.