I don't know if the warm early Spring, then long stretch of cool weather messed with our bodies acclimating or what. But man, it has felt really hot the last couple weeks!
The last time we got any decent rain was after we finished this
rain garden at the end of May.
Here in Central Iowa it has been over two weeks since we've had rain, and the sun is rarely blocked by any clouds with daily high temperatures in the 90s everyday forecasted this week. We moved a bunch of rock during the peak last week, thought we would get some relief Thursday for the new plantings installed but no such luck, and the homeowners have had to keep watering to help get them established.
Our home rain barrel is empty, and anyone with one has wished they had more storage capacity.
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Many fruit trees are ripening. I netted our cherry tree next to our house, so that we can enjoy some, instead of feeding the birds this year.
I also had a few handfuls of mulberries and
service berries during one of our evening walks. After the sun has gone down the evenings feel a lot better, giving us some relief.
We also found a couple
monarch eggs on the milkweed in our yard.
The one thing that really surprised me this week, with all of the heat and lack of rain, was a note and pictures from a customer from last year. Remember the
large steel planters, with the wood cores? Normally raised beds, especially ones this high, need lots and lots of water due to the exposed sides and improved drainage. These are pictures from last week, and
had not been watered in eight days!
Don't they look amazing?
She definitely has a green thumb, but I like to think the wood is helping out some too :)
Let us know in the comments-
What are you doing to beat the heat?
