We have a line of storms heading our way from Oklahoma. Should be here in an hour or less.
That should quiet down all the fireworks. Our new pup Sawyer is afraid of the fireworks and am walking him around the backyard trying to coax him into pooping before the storm gets here. Not sure that gonna happen.

We had no rain in the forecast today and about 10:00 am it was raining over my garden and back patio for about 10 minutes or so. There wasn't a cloud in the sky, lol. It's been hot but the humidity has been lower making it easier to leave the house around 4:00 to go have some dinner and do some shopping. I still came home sweating though. Right now it's 85 degrees and 69% humidity and it's after 8:00 pm here.

Our cool nights are gone for awhile I'm sad to say.:(
Worth

[QUOTE=Worth1;651686]Our cool nights are gone for awhile I'm sad to say.:(
Worth[/QUOTE]
Same here. Our lows are forecast at about 73F and highs around 92F.
Humidity is about 75%. It is officially summer.

Gardeneer, I hope your mid July through mid September temperatures don't mimic what they are here so many years. 80+ degree lows. You can imagine what the highs are.

[QUOTE=AlittleSalt;651693]Gardeneer, I hope your mid July through mid September temperatures don't mimic what they are here so many years. 80+ degree lows. You can imagine what the highs are.[/QUOTE]

Robert, I have no past experience. I came here last September. It was ok.
Probably it won't be as hot here ( like DFW area).
We shall see.
BTW: My fall tomato plants are planted out. So if my spring/summer plants are toast, I will have few replacements.

[QUOTE=Gardeneer;651697]Robert, I have no past experience. I came here last September. It was ok.
Probably it won't be as hot here ( like DFW area).
We shall see.
BTW: My fall tomato plants are planted out. So if my spring/summer plants are toast, I will have few replacements.[/QUOTE]

Half (15) of our fall tomatoes are planted, and the other half (17) are still in the solo cup stage. They are going to be planted in an area where I've never planted anything before. The soil is different there. It's a brown colored clay - silt/sand mix, but more clay than silt/sand. Just guessing, the area is around 500 feet away from the raised beds. We will have to haul water to them using a truck. They have been out in the heat since being started from seed.

It is muggy hot out there again tonight.

[QUOTE=Worth1;651686]Our cool nights are gone for awhile I'm sad to say.:(
Worth[/QUOTE]

Yeah, it isn't going to be fun the next few months. :no:

500 feet away ? that is too far. If you use 5 one hundred ft hose, it might not be enough. So hauling water is the best option.
Of my fall tomatoes I have 2 more left to be planted Mat-Su-exp and Black Kreme .
I have so much tomatoes right now that I cannot handle. I keep canning, giving away, eating fresh, cooking with .
Fall tomatoes are intended for fresh eating and cooking and for the neighbors too.

Besides all the logical things you can do with tomatoes ... There's another fun thing to do with extra tomatoes if you have the area. I chose Japanese Pink Cherry to do this with. The stinkbugs and leaffooted bugs had already ruined them. The variety is a very sweet one. I picked every tomato and tossed them out in an area that I don't plant in. If they grow, Ill put a cage around them.

I guess there could be many ways to look at that - I see it as way to give it a chance.

[QUOTE=Rockporter;651678]We had no rain in the forecast today and about 10:00 am it was raining over my garden and back patio for about 10 minutes or so. There wasn't a cloud in the sky, lol. It's been hot but the humidity has been lower making it easier to leave the house around 4:00 to go have some dinner and do some shopping. I still came home sweating though. Right now it's 85 degrees and 69% humidity and it's after 8:00 pm here.[/QUOTE]

My Gran would say the Devil was beating his wife and the rain was her tears. :roll:

[COLOR=#393939][FONT=Helvetica Neue] Wow, another scorcher today. It's 82 degrees and 78% humidity out there right now. I have to go out and water before the temps rise.


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Hot and dry has set in, 90's and no rain is the 10 day. Always a weather roller coaster here, even more so this year.

We have been getting rain off and on all day dropping the temps in the 70's. Weather girl just said we got 1.46" so far. It is still raining steady and the neighborhood is popping with fireworks. The city has said they will be shooting their display rain or shine at 9:45p. I go to bed at 8pm, so a quieter holiday wouldn't upset me.

Lucky you Steve for the rain , hot and dry here and dragging hoses still from when to when now ......... yuk! and we still get the noisy stuff past midnight. oh well it is over and we / they have celebrated the birthday of our country and we should not ever forget it!!