Hot-Hot-Hot

Early each morning I head out into the heat and turn on the hose.  It has exceeded 100F/37C eleven days in a row, and the records being toppled daily are 50-60 years old.  So it's time to water the garden again.  My poor plants are still drooping from yesterday because it stayed so hot overnight that they had no chance to make their usual recovery.

This summer of 2013, which started out so promising with rain and cooler than normal temperatures, has suddenly turned hotter than average here in Texas.  As much as ten degrees above normal--a big difference when normal is 95-97F/35-36C.  We're predicted to reach 106F/41C today.

An hour later I finished watering and headed out with my camera to take stock of the garden.  The plants in the circle garden are managing well enough.  The flowers are fading in the sun and there have been a few losses but it's going to be fine.