It's been really hot in the Bay Area the last couple of weeks, with the exception of a cloud burst system which made a cameo mid-last-week. When I say hot for the Bay Area, that is anything above 80 degrees. This is hot even for plants and can damage them sometimes if it gets too hot, especially if you are not diligent with watering. I seem to have an issue with "blossom drop", a common symptom of the plant overheating in the summertime. Simply put, the blossoms drop off at the elbow, instead of turning into tomatoes. Unfortunately, there is not a whole hell of a lot you can do about this since we can't control the weather.
My mulch has been proving helpful in retaining soil moisture, although I haven't been able to mulch the rest of my seedlings, because they aren't big enough. As a result, some of them are drying out because they are so tiny and fragile, only the strong shall survive.
Here are a few pictures of the property and how far it's come since we've moved in. We finally sank Stella's pond into the ground and got a filter, fountain and some pond plants. The best part of my day is looking out our kitchen window to watch our duck get in her new pond and take a nice afternoon bird bath.
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| Side yard |
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| Stella pond+side yard+garage+house |
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| Stella's duck house, and today's egg |
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| 4th of July Stella egg |
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| My beautiful sunflower that a squirrel planted for me |
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| Yummy Strawberries coming into season |
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| Pond and duck house |
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| Side yard beds |
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| Wilted radishes in the afternoon sun, they come back to life every night. |
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| Daryl brought home the kiddie pool, I didn't complain. |
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