Summer is over though we are still getting the occasional 32 degree days. (90F)

[Bretrick]

I have been waiting for cooler weather so I can plant more native plants and give them a better chance of surviving.
Can not plant new seedings at the height of summer. Max temps above 40 require too much watering.
Some plants never survived the summer. Gardening is trial and error. What survives is suitable, what dies is unsuitable.
I am only planting drought tolerant natives so as to reduce the need to water.
I might wait another week before getting out in the garden.
Need to enrich the soil with compost and layer mulch to preserve water.

 

[Ruth n Jersey]

I envy you. I'm dreading the hot, humid days we get in New Jersey. The older I get the hotter it seems to get.

 

[Don M.]

Need to enrich the soil with compost and layer mulch to preserve water.

I hear ya....We're the opposite here. I'm waiting for warmer and drier weather to get into my garden. I plowed it last Fall, and spread a bunch of leaves for compost/nutrients. Now, I'm waiting for it to dry enough to get my tiller out and prep the soil. Right now, the soil is so damp that I leave a path of deep footprints in it. Around here, I'm usually happy if I get the plants started by mid-May.

 

[Bretrick]

I envy you. I'm dreading the hot, humid days we get in New Jersey. The older I get the hotter it seems to get.

We have really hot summers, well over 100 degrees. Sometimes 115 degrees.
I finally bought myself an air conditioner because as you say, the older we get, the less likely we are able to cope with the heat.

 

[Bretrick]

I hear ya....We're the opposite here. I'm waiting for warmer and drier weather to get into my garden. I plowed it last Fall, and spread a bunch of leaves for compost/nutrients. Now, I'm waiting for it to dry enough to get my tiller out and prep the soil. Right now, the soil is so damp that I leave a path of deep footprints in it. Around here, I'm usually happy if I get the plants started by mid-May.

It is always good to get back into the garden. Brings a little pleasure and a sense of accomplishment.

 

[mrstime]

It is spring here, We are so looking forward to yard sales , warm weather and flowers in bloom. Yesterday it snowed so much that it stuck, by today it is all gone. The weather here in spring can be very changeable!

 

[Don M.]

It is always good to get back into the garden. Brings a little pleasure and a sense of accomplishment.

Yes, I come from a "lineage" of farmers, so I guess it's in my blood. I just do it for a hobby, and in an average year I have far more than we can eat. So, the neighbors and the family get all the free cucumbers, cantaloupe, and tomatoes they want....IF I manage to keep the deers from eating half of it.

 

[Aunt Bea]

We had big fluffy snowflakes on Sunday!

My grandmother used to call those last snowflakes of spring poor man's manure because it was about the only fertilizer a poor farmer had years ago.

 

[Ruthanne]

Summer hasn't even began here yet... we're just starting Spring and it still feels like Winter. At least you are warm yet

 

[Bretrick]

Summer hasn't even began here yet... we're just starting Spring and it still feels like Winter. At least you are warm yet

Still warm here. 70 - 75 overnight temperatures. (indoors)
Perfect time when no devices needed for temperature control.

 

[Alligatorob]

Summer is over though we are still getting the occasional 32 degree days. (90F)

Our winter is over though we are still getting the occasional 32F (0C) day, LOL.