So, just when it had begun getting cooler, we got hit with a record setting heat wave for this time of year. May see triple digits again.

Oh, well. Depending on how fast it cools down again, may not be all that bad. Hot weather crops may live longer. So I may yet have some melons, cucumbers and more tomatoes, after all.

Too hot for lettuce. Only have 3 or 4 carrots and that may be all I get this year. Kind of a bummer. Daughter loves carrots from the garden. But carrots are cheap and I would rather have a large tomato and green bean crop with a couple of melons tossed in.

Treated the garden with a strong mixture of Epsom salt and Calcium yesterday morning because it was cloudy. Then treated with insecticidal soap last evening. Combination seems to be doing a lot of good. A couple of pumpkin plants were looking good, then yellowed and wilted. No sign of vine boring insects, so it must have been aphids or whiteflies. This morning, they seem to be recovering.

More green bean vines coming up slowly. Not climbing yet but should be soon. The seed green beans somehow did not make it home from the store with me the other day. So I still have to buy more. Grr!

Got the portable swamp cooler yesterday. Only enough for one room but it feels great and only uses as much power as a box fan! So far, I just used tap water in it but can put ice in the reservoir and in a special tray on the top.