That is kind of where I am. I weed wack to keep an upper hand on the weeds. And I harvest peppers/eggplants. My time out there is very short. I do run out and fertilize the pepper/eggplant bed and it is paying off. My husband bought me a new small tiller. I plan to get my fall plants out in record time.

We're at 103 according to my thermometer in the shade on the back porch. Over 110 yesterday, over 100 the day before...seriously starting to get cranky. I think I'm going to lose my latest succession planting of squash, the leaves all look like wet washcloths right now. They've been perking back up at night but I don't know how much longer they can keep wilting like that and make it.

I have fall tomato transplants that need to go in the ground but I've been putting it off hoping it'll cool down some. I might bite the bullet and put them out at sunset tonight so I don't lose them in their cups to the heat.

107 right now and expecting a few degrees more. I watered well this morning and have as much shade cloth up as possible. My fall tomato transplants are huddled in the shade on the porch. Like Humsi, I'm hoping to get them in the ground soon.

hottest day of the year here, at 94F. I did weed a couple of beds, I made a gallon of pickles (indoors, but I had to go pick the garlic ad grape leaves), and I am planting a tray of sorrel while I wait for dinner.

Humsi and Veda, can you pot them up to last til the heat wave settles down? Nancy

I've already done that, nancyjane, and it buys a little time but the sooner they're planted the sooner our next tomato harvest! :)

Well it's 50 degrees F. here. I'm going out to murder more couch grass. Making a new patch for my tomatoes which haven't been born yet.

Thankfully going down to 69 tonight, which is our saving grace here. No nighttime lows over 73 in the forecast. In the 90's for the foreseeable forecast, though. I really wanted to plant some fall carrots but I don't think they will germinate in this.

It is 9:45 pm, 83 F and 84% humidity. Normal for here.

Too hot to grow a tomato, although some in partial shade can actually grow a little. Eggplants and peppers loving it. I can only stay out with a mister.

Nancy, they're already too big to pot up unless I want to go to 1 gallon containers (and I don't). I'm not sure we're going to be done with the heat anytime soon either, I'm seeing 90's in the forecast for the foreseeable future. I figure they'll have cooler roots in the ground than in their cups...got busy tonight and didn't get to them...tomorrow, I swear.

We had heat indices near 100 at the end of this past week. I was out after sunset in the garden and it was not too bad. I worked up a couple areas were I had pulled my onions for drying and planted anther succession of spinach, radish, lettuce and zucchini Friday evening. The timing was good as it rained everything in all day yesterday with a high of 73f. This next week is supposed to be in the 80s with lows in the 60s.

It's not quite that hot in NH and thankfully it cools down at night but last night we had thunderstorms in the area and high winds so we ended up with no electricity and no rain either.

113 daytime here in Phoenix AZ, mid to high 80's overnight. Too hot for ANYTHING. I'm barely keeping the asparagus bed alive with a couple of pepper plants in it. C'mon October!!

Peter, how often do you water these days?

i do every morning.

I put a shade cloth over sensitive plants - cuks, bell peppers, brassica. Tomatoes are doing well. Eggplants - too. Zucs are covered as they are still young.

Actually I watered yesterday morning for the first time in weeks. It was definitely getting to the point it was overdue. It is so hot and the ground was getting so dry I am not sure how much good I did. I almost want to go out and water again this morning but I have a headache.

Interesting I just saw our county has a drought emergency and we are only allowed to water Mondays and Thursdays.

Haven't been to the garden since last Thursday... just too hot & muggy for my liking. With central air, I've been "camping in". ;-)

Fortunately, it has been raining about twice a day since then, and the plants are all exploding with growth. They might even make up some of the time lost due to late planting!

Of course, that means the weeds are in overdrive too... so I'll have plenty of work to do later in the week, when the heat & humidity return to tolerable levels.

tigrikt, the shade cloth is a great idea - I only wish I had thought of that, my cucs are frazzled, i'm thinking its too late -- I am in Ontario zone 5 and it has been 40+ with humidity -- we complain when it snows blah blah :) !!

I really want to move north. Every year summer is more and more uncomfortable. I only get out to pick what is ready now and to water at night.

We're in the 90s all week, which is unusual for us in No CA.. We usually just have a 2-3 day spurt of heat! Only occasionally into the 100s! (No AC here!)

Thankfully we don't have the humidity of you guys back east! Bleagh!

And, I can always go up to my cabin in the woods where it's 20* cooler! ;) Nancy

Tomato transplants in, finished just before it got dark. I was enjoying the cool breeze while I was working until I looked at the thermometer and it was still 90 in the shade. I guess that's when you know it's been too hot for too long.

Tigrikt, how do you like the aqua-thingy with the upside-down soda bottle for getting water right down to the roots? I'm planning on trying some next season.

Linda

Linda,

i absolutely love them. plants do too. There are some tips on how to install them properly. They are deep and slow irrigation devices. I water manually but it is quickly, just fill up the bottles and that's it.

i use sand to fill the aquacones and the bottom of the bottle, serves as a filter, slows down the drip, and prevnts clogging.