We had just finished dinner tonight when the sky darkened, and the temperature dropped, and the wind picked up, thunder and lightning began, and it started to rain… no, rain mixed with hail!  Bob took a quick picture of the hail stones covering the deck, and it is a good thing he acted quickly, because it melted almost immediately and ended quite soon.  It was interesting while it lasted, though.

We worked on renewing the herb garden today, and I transplanted some herbs from one area to another.  The rain was a timely helper.  Finally got my cucumbers and zucchini planted, too, and the weeds pulled from the beets, the tomatoes tied to their stakes, and everything sprayed with Deer Stopper.  Of course, the rain didn’t do that any good.

Written by Lynn on the slope of Teasel Hill, where the rain has stopped and the night is cool.

Since Thursday, the days have been pleasant, but this afternoon a front came in and the temperature plummeted, leaving a very cold night.  I’m glad I haven’t planted my tomatoes yet.  Tomatoes (and peppers and eggplants, basil and such) don’t like cold nights any more than I do. 

We had a customer call today and tell us that her tomatoes and cucumbers(!!??) had all turned yellow and were dying.  She had lost three weeks already, she was saying.  When we explained that tomatoes and cucumbers should not have even been planted yet in this kind of weather, let alone three weeks ago, she got a little huffy and said she certainly knew how to grow tomatoes.  Hmmm…

Written by Lynn on the slope of Teasel Hill where the temperatures have dropped.