89.4F here in the shade @ 11:30, calling for a high of 89F for the day so we're already there. DP 71F, HU 59%, "feels like" temp = 104F.
Mostly sunny at the moment, scattered thunderstorms developing this afternoon, chance of rain 50%. An alert for Marginal Risk of Severe Storms has been issued.
Got the rest of the bush bean rows weeded yesterday afternoon.
Soaker hose run on pole beans and winter squash on the west side of the arched trellis for around 45 minutes to an hour at low flow.
Got the last 5 arbs moved onto the patio, set in pans, and watered.
We both knocked off after that and came inside and took showers and got cleaned up to head over to TSC and go out to dinner.
Groundhog appeared before departure, took the opportunity to take a shot. Trigger pulled extremely hard which threw me off, ended up taking out a quarter-sized chunk of the window frame (it's a casement window) ... thankfully did not get the glass.
Groundhog jumped into the air and dove under a pallet then came out and started waddling off towards the woods.
I racked the shotgun to put another round in the chamber, took aim, and squeezed the trigger for the second shot ... and NADA ... so going to need to look into what's going on with that.
After that bit of unfortunate excitement we headed off for TSC.
It was still pretty hot and threatening rain, Woman was not into walking around outside at TSC looking at plants, many of which looked to be poorly cared for ... with raindrops about to fall on her hair. Couldn't interest Her in an apple tree ... mainly because of the effort involved to get them planted.
I did manage to score a few more decent looking plants at a great price:
Regularly $14.99 each, rang up at $5.67 apiece, then 75% off of that ... so $1.87 each.
Full/partial sun to full/partial shade ... so will probably go in the planting bed west of kitchen window.
If TSC is going to carry plants, the least they could do is have adequate staffing to keep the stuff watered ... otherwise it just looks unprofessional.
After that we swung by DG mostly for cat treats but came away with some other items as well after what seemed like an eternity.
Then headed off to Eadies Fish House. The Woman had hand-breaded red shrimp and I had the Great Lakes Yellow Perch. I thought both were great ... Woman found Her shrimp to be a little too salty.
Headed home after that, I was falling asleep on the couch by 22:00 ... so I got up and went to bed by 23:00 ... ended up sleeping for 12 hours like a rock.
Probably on account of the Mike's in the afternoon and the Guiness at the restaurant ...
Woman just got back from doing a little "grocery shopping" ... and came back with these sunflowers:
She has managed to get Her Amaryllis to bloom ... so there may be hope yet:
On the agenda for today:
Mow down here around the house.
Then maybe work on getting the bush beans and those last two winter squash and the last zucchini planted.
Probably more watering.
Otherwise see what else comes up.
Hope everyone is having a decent Saturday.
