Posted by fayeroe on June 27, 2009, at 11:20:04
In reply to Re: 105 at my house today » fayeroe, posted by Dinah on June 26, 2009, at 22:04:54
You have more humidity than we do and humidity is what hurts us so much. I can take a shower, dress and start towards the truck and I am dripping with sweat by the time I open the door!
Dinah, we're in the worst drought that we've had in 50 years. June is our rainy month, traditionally, and we've are some all time low for moisture this month.The lakes are so low that it is taking people 1-2 hours to get a boat into the water..(the line)...somehow it takes longer if the water is low.?? I am not a boater.
My plants are suffering so much and I am one of the soft hearted old ladies that cannot stand to see a plant die from thirst. That means that I'm out there at midnight and back out at 6:00 a.m.
I've built some "moat-like things" around some of the tomatoes and that was brilliant! I fear the most of the morning glories aren't going to survive.Fayeroe's garden blanket is doing better than anything else. Her grave is surrounded by an old white bookcase shell...I found it and took everything out..I put it on her grave and filled it with good composted dirt. When I water it, I let the water run until the entire garden is soaked through and through. I haven't watered it in days and it looks fantastic. I wish I had bookcases around everything else I grow. :-) Next year I implement a very different planting style.
I've been to New Orleans many times and I can only imagine how 104 felt to the city! Drenched!
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