I wonder if this heat wave will cause all of our lettuce-type plants in the greenhouse to bolt. We haven't figured out the shade cloth yet and we hope to install a fan too. We've been working on other more important tasks like weeding and finishing the grading around the greenhouse.
The temperature inside the greenhouse was as high as 38°C more than once last week. This is what the lettuces looked like this morning before cutting. I am happy with how they are surviving so far.
Lucky us! Laura has retired and wants to help pick vegetables and flowers on Wednesdays!
Another project that needed completion was trellises for cucumbers. When you don't want to expand the area of the gardens, you go up. We'll transplant some of the early cucumbers when it cools down tonight.
Some weeks, the gardens are oozing with colour and some weeks, not so much. I'm so thankful that the zinnias are starting to bloom. Isn't that a lovely colour?
We were going for the classy green and white theme this morning.
Cucumber trellises are ready to go!
And, the mesclun mix is looking just as ragged as it did last week after its haircut. It was a good week - 41 bags of mixed greens.
Who knows what we'll have next week? This feels a lot like farming.
“Isn't it sad that you can tell people that the ozone layer is being depleted,
the forests are being cut down,
the deserts are advancing steadily,
that the greenhouse effect will raise the sea level 200 feet,
that overpopulation is choking us,
that pollution is killing us,
that nuclear war may destroy us -
and they yawn and settle back for a comfortable nap.
But tell them that the Martians are landing,
and they scream and run.”
Isaac Asimov
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