So many things need doing, but.....

[debodun]

The outside of the house really need attention - the weeds are getting out of control in the garden areas (and other places). It's either too hot, raining or I have something else to do. But the main reason - I just don't feel like it.

 

[Elsie]

I should get busy pureeing together bananas and canned blueberries with pureed canned pumpkin before the bananas overripen. oh phooey, let 'em........

 

[MACKTEXAS]

Maybe just do a bit at a time early in the morning(s) before it gets hot. On days when my hedges need trimming, I go out at daybreak while I have energy and before the sun beats down.

 

[debodun]

 

[debodun]

Maybe just do a bit at a time early in the morning(s) before it gets hot.

My the time it's light enough to see, it already 80F.

 

[jujube]

I've walked the walk and I've talked the talk...but today I'm just going to sit the sit.

 

[Nathan]

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Good idea, in case you want to return it.

 

[MACKTEXAS]

My the time it's light enough to see, it already 80F.

Wow. My usual wake up time is 5 AM, and, light enough to see by 6:30 - 6:45 AM here in Texas, and usually still in the mid 70s until 7:30 or 7:45 AM, which gives me about an hour. After that it starts heating up fast.

 

[Nathan]

Wow. My usual wake up time is 5 AM, and, light enough to see by 6:30 - 6:45 AM here in Texas, and usually still in the mid 70s until 7:30 or 7:45 AM, which gives me about an hour. After that it starts heating up fast.

I have "air-tight" excuses for not doing yard work, I don't even want to get out of bed til 6:45...then I have to absorb breakfast and a couple cups of coffee until at least 9. Oh, too bad, 9 is too late to do anything outside, it's already 90 deg. and I don't want anymore skin cancer.

 

[MACKTEXAS]

I have "air-tight" excuses for not doing yard work, I don't even want to get out of bed til 6:45...then I have to absorb breakfast and a couple cups of coffee until at least 9. Oh, too bad, 9 is too late to do anything outside, it's already 90 deg. and I don't want anymore skin cancer.

I get it. My only yard work is trimming hedges. I pay to have the rest done. I don't mind the hedges once a week (which is only part of the year) nor the getting up early since I've always been a morning person. Night is another matter - I may in bed watching TV by 7:30 PM.

 

[outlander]

When I am desperate to get yard work done in the heat, I'll soak a wicking shirt in water every 20 or 30 minutes. Just put it under the faucet and wring it out just a little. It's kind of a hassle, but it keeps you from dropping dead in the yard under the relentless sun

 

[IrisSenior]

Just leave them...when the weather turns cold and frosty the damn weeds will all die!

 

[Imogene]

@outlander I pack myself an ice cubes to get the horses fed every morning and every evening in this weather.
I have had to cow down and pay a lawn service twice monthly. I cannot keep up in this heat/humidity.

I am at the barn every day before 6:45AM — the time is never exact. Ice cubes or not, I can’t believe how soaking wet with sweat I am by the time I get up to the house; I could wring the hair on my neck out. I am usually done for, unless I really push myself.

Today I HAD to get to town and buy the front tires for my car. Then I went a few blocks from them and bought 150 pounds of horse feed & 35 pounds of bird seed ——- it’s still in the car in the garage —- Tomorrow is another day.

My area is predicted to see “Feels Like” temperatures possibly as high as 105 to 112 degrees Fahrenheit over the next several days.

It is an established fact that the Gulf of Mexico has increased in temperature by ~2° over the last few decades. In turn that warm, moist air pushes up into the Southeast United States causing havoc with our weather. That can all be googled.

 

[OldFeller]

When I am desperate to get yard work done in the heat, I'll soak a wicking shirt in water every 20 or 30 minutes. Just put it under the faucet and wring it out just a little. It's kind of a hassle, but it keeps you from dropping dead in the yard under the relentless sun

I survived a recent power outage on a 99 degree day doing that.

 

[outlander]

I'm fortunate to live in a dry climate, though hot in the summer. There's nothing that a little water and a good fan can't make livable in the shade

 

[Teacher Terry]

I hate yardwork with a passion, which is why I sold the house and bought a condo.

 

[That Lady in PA]

Weather like this I am glad we have a lawn service.

 

[officerripley]

Just leave them...when the weather turns cold and frosty the damn weeds will all die!

Good idea but it never gets cold and frosty around here anymore; I wish it did.

 

[officerripley]

I hate yardwork with a passion, which is why I sold the house and bought a condo.

Same here which is why I could get my husband to move into a condo. (They have some here with small or medium yards which you'd think would be enough to satisfy him, but no.)

 

[GoodEnuff]

Just leave them...when the weather turns cold and frosty the damn weeds will all die!

This ^^^! Although there are some small areas in the front garden where I do pull the weeds to give the ornamental plants a chance, it isn't much and it is cool enough most days in these mountains to avoid suffering in summer months.