Too hot!

Written by Christer.
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I filled up with mowed grass, sloe, roses and false spirea. That will keep the ground damp for several days before I have to water again. I might water it already today so that it’ll let the rain pass through easier if it actually will rain 🙂 🙂 🙂

It is hot and humid and I really don’t like it. How many times can one shower in a day before doing harm to oneself 🙂 🙂 🙂 Mosquitoes irritates and horse flies bite but Alma actually managed to take one that was a bit too brave and flew a bit too close to her mouth. I think both was just as surprised when it happened 🙂 🙂 🙂

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There are sixteen citrus trees in this photo, A Grape that is two years old and the rest are from clementine kernels sown at Christmas one year ago. The different sizes in the clementines are because of how good they had it during winter, the small ones not so good with other words. There’s also the only Date Palm seedling that survived. Is it three years ago we sowed some Caryn? With a bit of luck it’ll produce the palm tree like leafs it has as older already this year.
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One plum on the wild plum tree.
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There should also be blue Irises here but it looks like the yellow one has killed of the competition in the root zone.

The rain they predicted for Tuesday were later on removed but is now back again and they are now guessing it’ll be much more than before. I’m pretty sure it all will be gone in the predictions already tonight but most likely tomorrow 🙂 🙂 🙂 The fun thing is that they, when heatwave stays a bit too long, always predict lower temperatures and lots of rain the next week and almost always that doesn’t happen 🙂 🙂 🙂

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I’ve done the laundry that was left but I still have to make dinner for next week at work. It’s too hot right now and it’ll most likely be too hot later on as well but I will make something for at least two days 🙂 🙂 I’ve also placed all my cacti in a couple of trees in the garden. I won’t water them unless they are looking like they’re dying and if the rain actually comes good for them 🙂 🙂

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This is the only orchid I have left, It flowers once a year during winter.
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Some of my cacti now living in the trees until just before frost arrives. This one I’ve sown and it is called Queen of the night but it is most likely a hybrid since the real species are quite rare. It hates anything living and doesn’t hesitate to toss out a branch when a hand is nearby 🙂 🙂 🙂
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This was all I had the energy to write today, another shower will help at least for a couple minutes 🙂 🙂 🙂

Have a great day!

4 thoughts on “Too hot!”

  1. Yes, I think it was 3 years ago when we planted the date pits. And I forgot mine in the warming cabinet of the stove. 🙄 They were very elongated by the time I remembered months later.
    The one orchid left out of the four I had is flowering now. They all used to flower a couple of times a year.
    If I have to be working in the yard in hot sticky weather, I’ll put the nozzle on the hose to mist setting and stand under it periodically.

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    1. Hi Caryn!

      I’ve tried that with the hose 🙂 🙂 I couldn’t fixate it right though so instead it was the grass that was cool and happy instead of me 🙂 🙂 🙂

      Have a great day!

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  2. Christer,
    We are still in the sweet season when hot is the high 70’s. We also need rain. Showers were predicted for today but the sun broke through the clouds. The good thing is there is a nice breeze. I have put the screen into the back door so later I have to do the front. I have a uke concert tonight so I do hope for nice weather.

    I love all your flower colors. They make me smile!

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    1. Hi Kat!

      Today is the last hot day and we’re all so looking forward to the coming cool period and we might even get more rain if we’re lucky. I can even take that the grass and all those shoots will grow like crazy just as long as this heat wave finally is over 🙂 🙂 🙂

      Have a great day!

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