It's Summer Now!

I guess it's time for my monthly post... sigh. Lots has been going on. We got a bit of rain early in the month, but really just sprinkles. Still any moisture is welcomed. We're all in full drought mode, with unirrigated lawns, short showers, and timed garden water. We even put a bucket in the shower. I wrote a poem about my lawn, and taped it to the fence.

And we saw this sign around town.

Despite a few thundershowers, it's been super hot. We already had a day that got to 108 degrees. One good thing about that heat is it makes 98 degrees not seem so bad. All that heat is ripening our summer produce. I got the first borgs from the backyard on 5-27. Tomatoes in May!

They made for a delicious pizza.

By late May we were getting apricots. Not a particularly good apricot year. The branch on the plum/apricot ripened later than the old apricot.

Before it got too hot, we walked downtown to the market. It's a fun community event, with lots of food trucks as well as produce and other vendors.

While we were downtown, we got a sneak peek at the new Burgers and Brew. It's going to be a nice space. We still haven't had a drink there yet, but we will soon. However, we did add a few more bars to the list last weekend: #31: Pour House and #32: End Zone,

I got my beans planted at home, and finally got the last of the beans planted at the farm.

By mid June, the plums started coming ripe. I've been cutting and freezing them daily. I thought I had thinned a lot, but I could have done a LOT more. Next time remember: take off 2/3 of the fruit, not just half!

Tomatoes are ripening at the farm also. The Sungolds make for good snacking.

Bill and Laura came down for Bill's 64th birthday. We sang him a verse from "When I'm 64".

Notice all those ripening plums behind the ladies.

And I caught Rick being silly for the camera. We were lucky that it was one of the overcast days, before it got so deathly hot.