............at least it feels like August. 92 degrees yesterday, 94 today. Yikes! The beaches were packed with folks, daring to enter the cold Atlantic water looking for a little relief. It has been very hot the last few days and the humidity has been steadily on the rise. The animals were all in the shade, trying to get a breath of fresh air and no one had much of an appetite.
My garden plants looked absolutely dead last night. My peppers seemed to have survived and most of the cabbage but a few of the broccoli plants are looking lost. I planted basil seed on Monday - I noticed several of them have popped up through the ground when I watered them tonight. Amazing what that kind of heat does for seed germination.
A cold front moved through around 7 pm with an hours worth of incredible wind which brought us cooler, more normal temps for this time of year. Thursday is supposed to be a pleasant day and we will finish planting our seeds and our potatoes. Tomato plants will go in as well. I doubt frost will show it's ugly head again until fall (crossing fingers).
Our piglets are growing quickly and Friday is castration day. This will be our first time and a good friend of ours who has been doing this for many, many years is going to come and give us a hand. Not sure how much we are looking forward to it but it' s something that has to be done. From what I've read it's a fairly simple and quick process. I'll update after the deed is done :) 
Hubby and I had a chance to purchase a few flowering annuals for the planters. This whiskey barrel sits on the stump on the corner in front of my shop. We usually do a red, white & blue theme but opted for something completely different this year. We hope to plant more this weekend :) 
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Brian got to watch his dad castrate pigs this morning, and told me all about it. I'm sure he'd be happy to come supervise; he "knows it all"!
Hasn't this weather been something else. Almost next to impossible to understand.
Linda
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Michelle,
Send him on over, we are going to need all the help we can get, especially from someone who could give us all the answers :)
Linda,
Yes - the weather is nuts! It's looking like we may have a week or so of "normal" weather. That would be so odd :)
The temps here have been hot and humid as well. I guess it is the suddeness that makes it hard. Going from pretty chilly to hot in a matter of 24 hours.
Tammy
We've been hotter than normal here down south, too! The flowers look pretty~
Completely different and pretty cool looking, that container garden. It was super hot here today. Just beginning to cool down.
If I remember correctly (haven't castrated pigs since High School) they are on the inside and you have to cut to get them, but they pop right out.....
Ellen :)
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