It may not yet be officially summer, but we hit high 90’s today. I’m not sure if we hit the forecasted 102, but tomorrow is scheduled for 104.
The calendar may not say its summer, but if this is spring weather what will summer bring? Well, considering the way summers have been here, I expect it will be a hot one.
Since we’ve moved and are pretty much in the new place, I’ve started some plants. This time its just via seed in pots aka direct sow. It’s not much. I did manage to bring my pots of grapes (2), rosemary, thyme, and mint. So I started basil, yard long beans, swiss chard, bell pepper, and tomatoes (baby boomer hybrid – cherry tomato). Surprisingly the basil, beans, and chard have all begun to sprout. I’m still waiting on the tomato and bell pepper to come up. Since they were not all new seeds, we’ll see what sprouts. Only the Basil and beans are new seed. I was going to used old basil seed but I found my package was empty. So I bought new seed.
This time I’m trying what is called a vertical planter. It’s a plastic, 4 level, smallish planter. Its a new planter for me. But I figured since its a new house, I don’t know the sun patterns well enough yet. I have fencing on three side, privacy wood fence, so I will get shade in some areas. There is also a tree planted by the builder. I did manage to pick up a lemon, improved Meyer at Home Depot today. Interesting info – there seems to be something called ACP and HLB that some citrus trees are getting infested with. Consequently you can’t import lemon trees to Texas. So buying a lemon tree has gotten a bit more expensive, and they are being grown in Texas for sale in Texas.
We’ll see what I can do with a garden this year. Hopefully I can keep them alive.