Lies, lies, lies!!! I'm going to sue the weather forecasters for stress and unnecessary back pain! Lowest temperature we saw was 41.4 degrees, according to my indoor-outdoor registering thermometer. Humph! Freezing temps, indeed! Now all I have to worry about is them getting soaked and drenched from the run-off from the roof. We're supposed to get rain Monday. Hmmm, do I believe them?

I'm glad nothing froze, woofie.

I worked outside all day again, 86°. I'm so exhausted I feel week. And my back is killing me.

Karen

Aaaakkk! 86 deg is too toasty for me; I'd be passed out from heat exhaustion! Time to put your feet up and get something tall and cool, Karen, with an Ibuprofen chaser.

I drank gallons of water today. After cool showers, we just went out for pizza, too tired to lift a finger to cook. Just got home.

I've been out there every day this week except yesterday. My back is about broken.

Karen

I'm still trying to figure out where all the hoses and connectors are. And when things are stretched out the way they are here, just trudging back and forth looking for stuff is exhausting! But I did manage to get a couple of containers done and made some progress on the weeding. It's weird too; I am just not used to having to water this early in the year! And we have places that are so soggy you still can't walk there and other spots that are bone dry.

Oh, but pizza sounds sooooooo good!

we got to 80 yesterday... was real hot in the sun.. I went to a swap out in PA so I didn't get any work done

Ugh, 87° today. But a 60% chance of rain tomorrow. That's our one shot, then into the 90s. Looks like this could be a long, hot summer.

I still have a bunch of coleus to plant. I think I might give some to my neighbor instead. I'm sick of planting.

Karen

wow glad I am not there.. we have some 80's later this week.. but going into June looks like high 70's for us.. you are too hot too soon for me

Too hot for us too, Allison. Our average for today is 75. My unmulched seedlings are frying.

Karen

oh no... so sorry babe

It got up to 94 here today, and I think the humidity was the same I'm so far behind after this hand surgery (hardware is finally all out, but still struggling with getting movement again).

I got the tomatoes planted today, but still have all of my containers (herbs and annuals) and perennials to plant. I don't have all of my drip irrigation set up yet, so am really struggling to keep everything watered. Only slight chances ofrain here. We did get the beds mulched Friday (thank goodness for landscaping guys), but I've been off at our Master Gardeners plant sale all day Friday and Saturday. I'm too tired to move tonight!!!

Oh, eek, think I'll stop complaining! We barely hit 70 today and it's sprinkling a bit tonight. Still didn't make much progress getting things planted, tho; we're both so worn out from dealing with the darn goats that feet and backs are totally shot. Oops, think I'm still complaining!

Welcome back, Linda. I'm glad to see you back online! Are you getting hand therapy?

It got to 86° yesterday, and higher humidity. I only spent about half the day in the yard, and my husband helped for a few hours. I divided a couple of coreopsis "moonbeam" and gave them to my friend. Did a little more planting and mulching. I just had to stop early. It was just *stoopid hot* for this time of year. Besides, I ran out of mulch again. I'll try to get more today. And my back just couldn't take any more.

A line of rain moved through last night but fell apart before it got here. There's another 60% chance today. I'm going to try to get a few things in the ground this morning before going to do things for my Mom this afternoon. It's only supposed to be 76° tomorrow- a one day reprieve- then dry for the rest of the week and in the 90s by late week. I still have some things to plant and 2 big beds to mulch.

Karen

drops or clouds for us every day this week

>> We barely hit 70 today and it's sprinkling a bit tonight

Saturday was gorgeous, mild temps and that bright round thing was in the sky. Whaddaya call it, "Sun"?

Sunday, sprinkles and occasional rain. Worked through it. I had to remove a raised bed I had put on the neighbor's side of the sidewalk. It's kind of a long-term rental situation (manufactured home park) and the prior renter was happy to have a flower bed on top of her shady, hard clay and tree roots.

Well, DUHH, don't plant perennials in other people's yards! I did some rapid taransplanting and potting (Lavatera, Snapdragons and Something From A Seed Mix. Then I moved a couple dozen paving stones (the walls). Then I moved around 10-12 wheeelbarrows of root-thick soil.

Today I am SORE, but if they live, I've rescued every perennial plant there - and found two Salvia transylvanica 'Blue Spires'. They're alive! They are only "supposed" to be hardy to Zone 8b, and I'm 8b, but it was a warm winter.

After all the work and amendments I had put into that soil, I wasn't leaving it for the new neighbor: she chopped down a huge old azelea, multiple other bushes, and two TREES. On a tiny little lot she doesn't even own. I've been timid about getting rid of two ugly old bushes int he only spot with southern exposure - I guess I should just molws them down when I'm ready to build a cold frame there!

I was pretty grumpy when I had to uproot those Lavatera, and never find out if many other salvia were willing to reseed or c ome back from roots, but at the end of the dasy I noticed something. I lost one very long, shallow, narrpw bed in almostg-full shade, but gained two deeper, beds in nearly-full sun!

Wow. Somehow I don't think you're going to be best good buds with that new neighbor. You obviously have nothing in common! Good for you for taking the soil and bed walls, too! Sounds like that neighbor would just as soon pour concrete anyway.

We had a torrential downpour yesterday that squashed quite a few plants and winds that snapped off a few zInnias; I've been afraid to go out and survey the total damage this morning. Nearly everything in trays got flooded, too. sigh. Got a few things planted out in spite of the rain, tho, getting soaked myself in the process. Then I had to haul in pellet stove fuel to warm things up so I could dry off! "Somebody" let the stove run out of fuel.....grrrrr...

>> torrential downpour yesterday that squashed quite a few plants ...
>> Nearly everything in trays got flooded, too.

Yikes! Sorry to hear that. We've had intermittent misting for two days - v ery good for the plants I transplanted or potted.

Acfter the guys with chainsaws and big grinder said "sure they would leave me the wood chiops", they didn't leave anything. My guess is the new neighbors came home and told them not to. GRR!

>> Sounds like that neighbor would just as soon pour concrete anyway.

Yeah, so far ALL she has done is uproot things or cut them down. That yard loloks kind of like a desert now ... almost the only thing she HASN'T killed is the scrubby dandilions trying to colonize some hard clay.

Oh, well, considering that a lot of our light comes diffused through clouds most of the year, it does mean my yard will get some more light. But I'm going to try to find places to plant tall things that will screen me from her!

Well, I steeled myself and went out to take a look at the damage.....and was pleasantly surprised to see that there really wasn't all that much! A few casualties, and with the wind we have today, there may be a few more before the dust settles, but overall no where near as bad as I expected! And not only that, I discovered that a couple of the Cherry Brandy Rudbeckias I planted last year overwintered and are growing nicely. What a nice surprise!

We've had a couple of beautiful days here in the low 70s. Trying to spend an hour or 2 each night after work trying to get caught up.

Karen, yes--I'm doing LOTS of (painful) therapy for my hand, but movement is coming back very slowly

I managed to get 2 drip hoses out in my cutting beds, and have the drip irrigation set in my tomato/veggie containers. Everything seems to take twice as long these days....sigh........

Looking like it's going to be a scorcher of a weekend here. I may need to just sit back and drink lemonade, rather than digging in the dirt.

mom2goldens said:. I may need to just sit back and drink lemonade, rather than digging in the dirt.

Cold therapy for your hand, right?