Today's Weather in Your Garden - 73

High so far here is 99.

It's terrible, even established maples around here are turning yellow, their leaves wilted...

Yes - shaping up to be a real costly summer.

We are watering like MAD! so far, the plants have fared okay . . . . I gather we will have 90+ degree temperatures next week as well . . . Currently temperature 100 degrees.

Hmmmm, now what were we saying about not wanting to be living in Florida in the summer? Let's see, it was 75 and raining at our house in Fla. yesterday and it was 107 on my car thermometer when I picked up my son at the airport at Bradley yesterday afternoon. It is almost 7:00 here tonight and it is showing 93 in the shade. I'm to blame here for speaking harshly about Florida weather in the summer. Sorry y'all!

I'm in the same boat, Louise! Hopefully we'll get back to normal soon.....sea breeze kicking in here & lowering temps to 80's.

Oh, please, Marilyn....join me in some rain and cool dancing!!! Gotta have it!! LOL

I've prayed all day...the only shower in CT was in New London!

It's been more than 2 weeks here....Things are having trouble hanging on, and I'm afraid to turn on the garden sprinklers. The water can method got a bit tiring today in that heat.

Why afraid of the sprinklers?

Sprinklers are not too efficient--that's why we have the drip hoses. If people just have a hose, they should water at the roots & not during the day.

I know they're not as efficient as drips, but they do cover a much bigger area. I really like the Rain Tower I have since it shoots above all my shrubs. I have drips too, but with beds the size of mine, I would really need many to cover all the plants and you still have to lug the hose out to connect to them. You cannot connect more than a few in series or you lose pressure.

When the water table drops so much, we have to be careful about using the amount of water that the sprinklers use up in order to get the water deep enough to do any good. We've had our water get cloudy when I do too much watering during a drought. The down side of having so many gardens here on top of a hill.

Ok Louise so I am blaming you for this heat....

Hubby has been working crazy hours...just walked in the door.

One of these days he'll fix the hose connection in the back...I am still trekking all the way to the garden back there carrying a bucket and watering can...crazy.

I use sprinklers on my side and front gardens but turn it real low so it's basically like a soaker just going on the roots...have to move it about a thousand times all day

oooh, that's tough in this heat, Jen!

Lucy - thanks for the reminder....I just found my stash of soaker hoses in the shed part of Cuppatea. I looked everywhere for them the last time we had this kind of drought here. I'm hoping tomorrow will be cooler so I can swap out the sprinkler hoses for the soakers. The only problem is that my garden is now so long. I may run out of hoses, but the tomatoes and peppers and sunflowers up at the top don't need quite as much water as the beans, broccoli and cukes and snow peas.

Temp down to 80 degrees. Spent an hour and a half watering back and side garden beds this evening with the hose and watering can. So crispy on the lawn, or what is left of it. Lots of yellow leaves on lots of trees and plants. Shrubs and plants are wilting and trying to conserve moisture. Saw that little rain shower down there in Conn. A couple of them popped up here and there on the radar but all were west of my location. Supposed to be a tad cooler the next couple of days, only in the 80s but like everyone else what we really need is some rain.

"Deep enough to do any good" is key. Last friday I spent 3 hours doing target watering. Much to my amazement, when I raked under a rose bush, there was no damp earth under the mulch. I am now resigned to survival of the fittest. But even that brought a severe blow today. My Blue Jays that took up residence under my deck umbrella hatched their chicks. Monday there were two. Tuesday there were three. Today there was one. But he was quite cold. I watched Mama try to rouse her last baby for almost a half hour. I was filled with grief. Krapola, I'm being too morbid.

I'm taking Jack to some caverns in PA on Friday. He's never been spelunking!! I'll let you now how the weather is down there ;)

Sorry, Weeze! I think we all feel that way.....at least I know it goes with the name!
the other Weeze

It will be cooler! I like caves.

91*F @ 9pm, the air is so heavy it feels like we may get a boomer, a 5 min. downpour would be welcome at this point. 30k without power in York County and Met Ed says they don't have a clue. They are asking that everyone on public water to shut off their sprinklers for 48 hours due to low pressure. Ric

Hey Louise...You will appreciate this for the originality alone. I knew a guy that would invert names. He called me Hi tense as it was the opposite of Lo ease ;) Little did he know that in 2010 I would be HI HI HI tense....let it rain! Who did the the Rain on Me song? Was it The Who?

Rain on Me (Corey Hart), Rain on Me (Tamia) Ric

also found this: Rain on Me, ( Ashanti in 2003).
and this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rain_on_Me_%28disambiguation%29

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The Who did Love, Rain O'er Me.

That's the one I was thinking of! My vocal chords hurt just thinking of that song. And of course, I got the words a bit wrong.

I belted it out as I posted it!

...and may have hurt something...

^_^ good thing you're already married, I'd have to marry you for hurting yourself whilst belting out a Who song

Elvis did "Kentucky Rain"...

I'm hoping their wish comes true soon, and in my opinion this is still the best rendition of this tune. Ric
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HRV8-rd3yyE

Sarge’s Weather Today

Temp:
68°

Wind :
SSE 9 MPH

Pressure:
30 .10 ^

Rel. Humidity:
47 %

Time Am
06:50

73° but going to be in the 80s. Clothes still stick this morning.

I have puddles in my driveway! Have no idea when or how long it rained, since I was trapped in the a/c, but it rained! Thank you, God! Now, of course, tis sticky & sauna-like, but I opened all the windows & am breathing real air.

No rain but windows open for now. Its cloudy and a light breeze. Not complaining

77°, wind SSE 10mph, Rh 78%, cloudy

mid 80°s expected today

Hee hee, Weeze. ^_^

Lucky you, Robin!

Overcast and 82. 79% H. Supposed to be much more humid today and the next three days, though not as warm Pick your poison.

Predicting rain on Saturday. Happy for rain, but we are going to the Renegades game that night. Bummer.

90*F and stifling. Hope we get some cooler air soon. I'm going to start watering our mature trees this evening after I check the soaker hose that we put in last year when we added mulch. Ric

Congrats robin on getting some rain, hope we all get lucky soon. Temp now is 80 degrees. Bright sunshine and light SW breeze. Not quite as humid as yesterday.

NASTY out there....cloudy but sun is trying to come out now
80 but 77% humidity

COME ON RAIN!!!!!!!!!

85 * F now.. 15* cooler than yesterday... and the humidity is 55% now... also up 15 points from yesterday
BUT....with the election year.. Hot Air Index.. it will feel more like 125* F