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Sunday, July 19, 2020

Covid Journal, Day 124: Nothing Much

77 and heated up quickly. We hit a high of 96 today, with a hot dry wind--exactly what the gardens didn't need. We watered as much as we could but we need real rain so badly. A light shower or two this evening will at least give us a break from watering in the morning.

A slow day today because it was so hot. We were out early to water and generally check the gardens. A rabbit got under the electric fence in one and ate the tops of a few of the new bean plants, so we covered the row with a row cover. There are peppers ready to pick finally, but the tomatoes are so far behind schedule that it will be at least mid-August before we get any, from the look of things. Maybe we'll get some early cherry tomatoes at least.


I made molasses cookies today with the molasses given to us by our friend yesterday. So good! My recipe is here. Beyond that I didn't accomplish a great deal--caught up laundry, washed the shower curtain and re-hung it, finished my latest book (The Girls from Ames, a true story about 11 friends from Ames, Iowa), cleaned the floors, revised a couple poems, and sorted several totes of things for our booths or to send to the thrift store. We got ready to dress out our meat chickens in the morning, a job I'm not looking forward to because it will be another hot day. But I will be glad to have that out of the way and fresh chicken in the freezer.

We were hopeful for rain this evening; it did look promising, but although areas nearby got several storms, we had only a light shower or two. So disappointing, when everything is so dry. Even the weeds are shriveling.

Tomorrow will be a busy day, so I'll sign off now and get to bed. Stay cool, friends (and those of you in England and Ireland, know that I am so jealous of your cool weather right now!).

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3 comments:

  1. JennyMon Jul 20, 01:43:00 PM

    I think we all send summer days wishing, hoping, praying for rain. I looked at my forecast last night & it said 60% chance this Wed. Then this morning it had dropped to 20%.

    I am at least getting tomatoes. I made some roasted tomato spread this past weekend & it's already gone. I can't wait to have enough tomatoes to make more to eat in my omelettes.

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  2. jcmTue Jul 21, 11:36:00 AM

    No tomatoes here, either. And something knocked all the bloom off my pepper plants, so none of those to look forward to. I did pull some beets, and picked a couple of squash and cucumbers. Josh plants the beans, and it looks like it'll be August before we get any of those. We need rain, too!!

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  3. NanceWed Jul 22, 08:08:00 PM

    My folks used to make sorghum. (And invited the public in so as to keep old customs alive.) Molasses or sorghum cookies are hard tobeat.

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