Haven’t had rain for a while and if we do, it’s a trace. And it’s been hot. We had bought some flowering plants that supposedly love the sun, but this 90-degree weather withers them. Have to set a vinyl chair in front of them to protect them. The chair has holes in the back. This hot weather is way too early. Years ago, the temperatures got into the 90’s starting in the middle of July and ending beginning of September. I don’t know about local agriculture around us. Our chives are at the end of their pretty purple bloom. My husband tore out all the raspberry plants that grew behind our neighbor’s shed because they interfered with the neighbor getting access to paint it. The black raspberries were pulled out because we had too easy access for chipmunks to get under the house. So he lined the skirting of our mobile home with blocks. Rhubarb plants are flourishing.
Using our heat pump air conditioner for the really hot days.
I don’t know of any fire warnings. Just north of us and just south of us, they have received lots of rain causing flooding. Missed us almost completely, so any fire warning would be in our city. We took the bird feeder down due to lack of birds. The seeds encouraged the chipmunk population. So now have one hummingbird feeder up and as soon as it was up, we had hummingbirds.
Our grass and gardens are doing well. Flowers get watered twice a day. No water restrictions. Merrimack River had a little bump in the height due to the excess flooding up north, but now it’s down to about normal.
This is NH Motorcycle Week. Lots of motorcycles have invaded the state. Races up at the speedway in Laconia
We had our first camping trip last Monday and Tuesday and had the park almost completely to ourselves. Wonderful times.
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