I heard thunder in the distance this evening, but the clouds move off to the east without leaving any trace of rain in its wake. The combination of heat and no rain is brutal on a garden. The squash plants are so dry, we could probably smoke them. The poor tomatoes are not far behind.
It seems the only three things that are thriving are the watermelons, the pepper, and the okra. I think hot weather just makes pepper mad because I ate a pod of cowhorn pepper that was so hot it gave me the hiccups and peeled the hide off my tongue at supper tonight. I really don't look forward to going to the bathroom in the morning. Also I should have worn latex gloves when I handled the pepper, because I wear contacts and it seems no matter how hard you wash your hands, when you remove contacts, after handling pepper, it burns your eyes like teargas.
I think it's supposed to be a full moon tonight. I think Jilda and I are going to go outside after while and do a rain dance to see if we can steer some rain clouds in our direction.
If it begins to rain while you're dancing, take your clothes off and dance in the rain!
ReplyDeleteCharlene,
ReplyDeleteThe dance worked, but I didn't get your advice until it was too late.
Dang it! We'll do it next time :)
"Attack of the Peppers." Better stay inside.
ReplyDeleteRanger Rick,
ReplyDeleteYou seem to be doing well with the garden, but all of us can still pick up a pointer or two. I won't overwhelm you with my vast gardening knowledge. I'll just toss in one useful tip. I learned it at about the age of ten, all on my on.
AFTER PICKING THE PEPPER, DO NOT TAKE A LEAK AT THE END OF THE ROW!
Ken
Thanks Ken, I'm going to write that down in my garden journal that I keep, because that's definitely information I can use :)
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