We’re having another heat wave. I guess the one we had last week never really stopped, but it was much more comfortable on the weekend since there wasn’t as much humidity to deal with. Now we’re back to heat and high humidity making it almost unbearable to go outside and work in the garden.
Yes … I need to get some work done in the garden. I feel terrible, but there’s so much to do outside. Do you believe that I still haven’t put mulch down on my garden beds? Stupid me! My plants would be doing so much better if they at least had a nice layer of mulch around them as it helps to hold the moisture in the soil and keep the plants roots cool.
So right now I’m waiting for it to at least cool down a few degrees so I can go outside. It’s just after 6 pm and the temp is still quite high. It’s 30 c but with the humidity it’s 36 c which is 96.8 F.
I also want to get all our remaining garden work done this week because we’re going to have house guests for a few days. Chris’ brother and two of his kids are coming from Chicago on Wednesday and they’ll be staying in our house from Friday until at least Monday I believe.
The way I’m feeling I don’t want house guests at all but this has been planned for months. It’s hard to say no when you have that much advance notice. Oh well, if I’m not feeling well they’ll just have to entertain themselves I guess.
I can totally relate to the incomplete gardening issue! I hired a company right after we moved in just to trim all the bushes and pull the weeds. Now I just have to maintain what they did and I have trouble keeping up. I got about 1/3 of the beds mulched and I have a few bushes struggling to hang on in the 98 degree heat. Oh well, that’s the way it goes I guess!
Hi Tricia!
I hope you’ll feel better soon! Temperature and humidity is same here too.. but I don’t have gardening work to finish like you. Well, we don’t even have a yard! haha I’m in hiding! 🙂