I got mulch around the peppers and tomatoes this morning. Then I sprayed the cucumbers for aphids and watered the hell out of the whole garden. I don’t think any of this is going to do too much good for the food production, but maybe I can keep some of the plants alive and somewhat healthy until it cools off in a month or two. It’s just too damn hot for plants out there. Or people, for that matter.

I think tomorrow morning I may pull up the first planting of carrots, steam them, and toss them in the freezer. The second planting is larger enough now for any fresh carrot needs we may have. The scallions aren’t growing any larger either and have never achieved the size they should have, so I’ll probably pull them up, chop them up, and freeze them in small batches as well. That’ll leave me a third of one garden bed to replant with something. Probably more carrots for fall, and maybe I’ll try to get some fennel started too.

Now I am soaking and washing dishes in preparation for baking some bread this afternoon. I will not be going outside again until after the sun goes down. Too damn hot, and there are way too many bugs. Texas summers suck.