Heavily overcast, lots of humidity, appears there might be some rain today, we hope.
We're watering by hose and soakers daily, particularly the pear and kumquat trees, hoping for a good crop. A little free water from Heaven might be a larger help.
Tomatoes have pretty much given up on producing fruit, pulled three that were not producing at all. They have gone to compost heaven now. The sweet chilies are really slowing down and the fruit is getting smaller. If we get a little rain we shall add a little fish fertilizer to possibly spur the plants into production again. The crowder peas are giving us a couple of cups of peas daily, which is pretty good considering there is only twelve feet of pea vines growing. They're still blooming and putting on pods. I think next year I will ignore the package instructions and just plant one pea per foot. Mainly because the vines are really long and eventually start shading the roots and younger runners. Cukes are slowing down too. Woke up to 89F this morning in the dark, still hot and humid. Thank you air conditioning.
The grass is growing like crazy though, I suspect the watering is giving the St. Augustine grass a kick to grow taller again. We're mowing weekly instead of bi-weekly. It's not a bad chore, we have a small property so everything is mowed, weed eaten, and done up nicely in about an hour, less if we push it harder.
Tilly Dawg is getting a little better, she's been on five pills a day for an infection plus the coughing, sneezing and wheezing. She's still doing the latter but not as often. Right now she's snoring on the cool floor and talking in her sleep. I just can't translate dog into American English. She's probably trying to get me to feed her more.
Come on rain.
George