74F and partly cloudy @ 22:15, heading down to a low of 73F overnight. Not much drop there ... lol. Calling for periods of showers late, then thunderstorms in the morning (Hallelujah !!!) giving way to partly cloudy skies later (with a high of 91F) Some storms could be severe.
High hit 92.8F here today.
Got those 8 bags of mulch unloaded and placed around the perimeter of the northwest planting bed.
Then made the run down to Menards. Only picked up the pots and string trimmer spool, as we disagreed what they owe me on the mulch. Need to consult my original paperwork. Also need to place another order for more mulch, probably another 50 bags.
Woman had grilled some Hebrew Nationals and made up some of Her Mac salad (and Lemon Bars !!!) so I ate when I got back and then got cleaned up and we loaded up the car with plants and headed over to relatives to drop those off. Had a good visit with them and got a tour of their property which was pretty impressive. The wife raises over 600 different varieties of day lilies.
Stopped on the way back at a guy's house near us who had banana trees growing in the yard because we wanted to find out more about that. Confirmed that he does not remove them and bring them inside for winter (they were about 6' to 8' tall) ... just piles leaves up over top of them and they come back every year. Did not know you could do that. Need to check into it further and see if maybe it is a particular variety or cultivar that tolerates the cold weather we get up here.
After that we came on home and stopped to talk to a couple of neighbors - one was out working in their yard and the other was walking her dog.
The second reported that there was a black bear spotted down by the reservoir today, which is about a mile from here. Unusual, and something we can probably do without.
On coming down the driveway these two little guys were out in the front yard foraging. Noticed them the other day up by the compost pile. Needless to say, they did not make it home tonight:
After tossing them on the burn pile (Rocky was no longer there) I came back down to the house and managed to get all the summer squash along the back of the frog pond and in the flower bed watered before it got too dark to see.
That included replanting two squash plants that got pulled up earlier in the day that I somehow missed. Woman moved some stuff into the garage while I was doing that and I finished it up when I came around front.
Somehow missed getting the large tomato plant that I repotted yesterday moved inside last night and it got clipped pretty good. It will survive but will take some time to recover. Suspect it was the deer.
Looking forward to (hopefully) getting some rain soon.
Hope everyone had a great 4th ...