Garden Notes: July 2023
Rainfall
- 1st: 0.48″
- 2nd: 0.25″
- 4th: 0.47″
- 6th: 0.03″
- 7th: 0.44″
- 8th: 0.01″
- 10th: 0.03″
- 15th: 0.17″
- 19th: 0.17″
- 20th: 0.18″
- 22nd: 0.37″
- Total: 2.6 inches
- range of nighttime lows: 63 to 73°F (17 to 23°C)
- range of daytime highs: 80 to 93°F (26 to 34°C)
- Firstly, I’ll make note of my Thermometer Discrepancies post plus comments. I’m still mulling over exactly what data is useful to me in our lives here: rainfall surely, temperature logical, with humidity and heat index a large factor which only seems important on the day. I’m jotting the heat index down on my calendar, but I’m not sure what else to do with it yet.
- The highs have been on the low side of normal for July, but it’s been humid, which means we’re just as hot and sticky as when they’re on the high side of normal!
- The lows are unusual. Typically, this time of year our lows our in the mid-70s ( ), so we’re cooling off at night more that usual. This is welcome! It helps cool the house off. We haven’t had to use our Arc-Chill cooling blanket yet, and I often put on a flannel shirt when I head out for early morning chores.
- Rain forecast is always for “scattered thunderstorms” or “isolated showers,” which means sometimes we get it, sometimes folks down the road get it. (Which can be frustrating for a gardener.) I think the frequent cloudy days are what’s helped keep our daytime highs lower than usual.
- Only mornings are cool enough to be in the garden, but our humidity is in the mid-90s%, which means everything is drenched with dew. I have to get everything done by 9 or 9:30, when the sun hits the garden. It’s just too hot after that.
- Afternoons are for canning or other activities.
- Morning garden work includes picking, bed prep (like the potato beds, which are all done for the summer), some weeding, and I still have a few places to mulch.
- This time of year, the garden is on the wild side.
Believe it or not, everything here is stuff I want: summer veggies, volunteers, forage greens, and cool weather crops going to seed, which I’ll collect later. |
The final load of potatoes, with one lone onion I found. |
Early July harvest sampler: summer squash, slicing tomatoes, cucumbers |
Okra and cherry tomatoes followed soon afterward. |
It’s too hot for lettuce, so our July salads are usually cucumber and tomato based, maybe with hardboiled duck egg, grated feta goat cheese, and ricotta/salsa dressing. |
Or this one: tomato, cucumber, and black olives as a treat. The dressing is my homemade ricotta ranch. |
July canning sampler: pear sauce, zucchini, dill pickles |
Source: https://www.5acresandadream.com/2023/07/garden-notes-july-2023.html
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