Wow has it ever been hot for the past week, but the last few days have been the worst. I hear tomorrow will be bad to. With the humidity it feels like it’s 40C. I don’t do well with humid weather, I don’t know how all my southern friends do it. lol
The weekend before last, I took a trip with a dear friend and our oldest dd. We headed down to Humber Nursery, it’s a few hours from here. But boy is it worth the trip! We try to get down there every few years or so. Dd picked out some flowers, but I was on the hunt for fruit bushes. I wasn’t quite sure what I would get yet, but I was leaning towards currants. As we worked our way down through the fruit area, I started to think they were out of them. Nope, they were right down at the end of the row! They had 3 different kinds, white, red and black. Well that choice was much to hard, so 1 of each came home with me. 
We were also looking through the store and I found some nice looking diamond hoes. But with the price being over $60 I put them back, as I did I noticed the next one on the shelf had a BIG yellow sticker. Yes it was on sale! $7.99! I couldn’t belive it, WOW what a mark down. Yes it came home with me! I’ve tried it out and it’s the best hoe I’ve ever used. So easy to weed with, I really wish I had the one years ago. All the summers I was hugely pregnant it would have made weeding so much easier. It is basically a metal part with 4 blades forming a diamond shape. You push and pull it across the dirt and it slices the weeds off. I did find a similar one on Amazon with a photo.
That said, it’s been too hot to do any weeding! But last night we did start putting in the stakes for the tomatoes. They are growing very well and many have small tomatoes already! I hope to finish staking and tying them up this week. Maybe on Friday when the humidity goes down a bit.
What are you all up to?
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Please send some heat out way….my garden cannot even grow properly because of the cold and rain. Apparently this has been the worst June ever recorded for BC. I truly am getting tired of the rain.
What an awesome deal on your hoe. Glad you had a chance to get away with your daughter.
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We finally got rain the other day. First in a month! The plants really sprung up. We have chance for some storms tonight and I am praying that just maybe we will get a bit more rain.
It has been horribly hot and humid the last few days, 97*. The air conditioner has been running non-stop. Too much heat makes me sick. The next 4 days are suppose to be back to normal temps… in the 70s… praise be.
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I’m the same way Wendy. The strong heat and humidity isn’t good for me. I’m very glad for a break in the weather now!
BTW: God turned up the heat LOL….now asking Him to do the same for me {smile}
Today was a beautiful day…spent lots of time outside just smelling the fresh air…was simply beautiful.
Connie recently posted..Who Turned Up The Heat?!
LOL Yes it was God.
Thankfully we are back to cooler temps now!
beautiful day here today too. Even got a bit of rain!
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Does anyone know if the “chat” button is gone? Can’t seem to find it when I log in….or is it just me?
The chat works ok for me. Maybe something is covering it up on your window? Is your window set to full screen? Or maybe flash and java need to be updated?
Hi Kim: No, the chat button is gone for me…,even on my PC where I have a large computer screen. It’s been gone for a few days now.
I was also wondering if you had a recipe or video on making relish with zucchini? I recall something (I think), where you did a video on zucchini….maybe it was the zucchini you did in the dehydrator. Not sure now.
Anywaym, my garden is doing awesome in zucchini if nothing else grows LOL…and would love to make relish this year.
Thanks,
Connie
BTW: How is everything in your garden doing?
Yup I do have a zucchini relish recipe here is the link. http://homestead-acres.com/blog/recipes/zucchini-relish/
The chat bar might be a flash or java issue. Have you made sure both are up to date?
If I don’t update mine then some things on websites don’t work right. But if they are up to date and you still have trouble let me know. I’ll send a message to the chat host.
Garden is doing pretty good. I’m fighting cucumber beetles right now!
I know this happens to me sometimes with the disappearing chat button too. It is working on mine though right now. Hope you get it worked out.
My squash plants are finally starting to look like something now that the squash bugs have slowed down a bit. Now I just need to get a handle on the cucumber beetles which are making a second comeback.
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I’m fighting the cucumber beetles to!
About the chat, when did the problems start? Is your flash and java up to date? It helps me figure out whats wrong if I know…
Thanks Kim for the relish recipe…hope to make this weekend. So excited as I’ve never made relish before..,.,and we eat a lot of relish.
Ken said our Java is up to date…but will check a couple of things. It’s not a big deal as I never seem to be on at the right time to chit chat…three hours behind most of you. So by the time I get on, everyone is in bed LOLl.
I’ve never heard of cucumber beetles…here we call them “bunnies”….destroyed my bean plants…sure hope I have time to replant…if not will be shopping at the market. Unfortunately, we love the yellow beans and not many sell them. I love my grandmothers famous “creamed beans and carrots”…so I was hoping for some fresh ones from our garden….can almost taste the beans now LOL.
Have a great day.
Hope you like the relish recipe!
Is the chat working for you now? I changed a few things that might help.
Yes….I see that chat now. Thank you!!1
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