It is going to be warmb as we say.

 Weather says it'll get close to 90 today and it's already 85. Clear as far as the horizon and hot sun beating down. Weather app says it'll slowly cool down over the next two weeks so eventually be cloudy and cooler again. For today I have shorts and a t-shirt on. We may end up turning the AC on for the first time in over six months.

I 'plowed under' the not thriving row of lettuce before watering. It seriously looked like something had eaten most of it so no great loss. I left them in place and just stirred the dirt a bit so they'll break down in place. The carrots are still there luckily but I am considering pulling those as well and putting a tomato right in the middle. Then again I have peppers coming on so I might end up putting peppers against the trellis (no they don't need it but I'm not going to move it and the beans aren't coming up). I am also tempted to pull up the weak and tiny garlic to make room for the tomatoes and peppers as well. The tops can be chopped for 'imitation' chives at least.

The white azalea is in full bloom again. Still don't know which one it is but doesn't matter at this point, I don't need the name to enjoy it.  And the bag of soil has a hole or two in it. I know there were no holes when I pulled them from the car. I wonder if something decided to try and get into it. It's a tear not a bite so not sure what's going on. I might have to mix that into the north bed soil now and maybe use the extra panels from the raised bed as a partial barrier. Still no luck or money to get the netting I need.

Unknown (likely weed) seedlings and the rather rough looking tomato seedling. I suspect something got to it for sure and it's struggling.

The peas are pumping out pods and given the weather and timing they'll be done enough in about a month to pull up. (The two unknown seedlings are in front of that right side pea plant against the wall of the bed.)

 The cilantro after watering looks bad but it's doing just fine, it'll be dried off in an hour or so and is still shading the lettuce and the tomato at the back. Onions are holding their own and really looking forward to harvesting those at the end of the summer. I had to buy some onions and cut the bottoms off about 2 inches and put them in water for the next crop.

I watered for almost ten minutes and there were still some spots that were dry under the surface but not pockets of dry soil. Later this evening I'll go back and and likely harvest the last of the other lettuce and carefully move the tomato cups out of the way. I thought I got a picture of them but guess not. They survived their first 24 hours being outside completely just fine. My worry was insects and the gophers or other rodents but crossing fingers/knock on wood they'll continue to do fine. 

I do also need to upend that compost bucket again and get that aerated in the heat but not going to do that in the middle of the day, another task for late evening or early morning. The gardening chores start mounting up with the warm weather trending for the next week or so.

I saw a 1b/1ba 'house' for rent in the vicinity where I live for less than our rent. It's a brand new ADU (accessory dwelling unit) someone built in their back/side yard on a cul de sac. Came with an 8x10 storage shed, big kitchen, AC and heating and separate parking. It mentioned laundry was available so I can only imagine it was the 'landlords' in the house. I thought, 'fantastic! less than our rent, seems to be about our sq footage or a bit more with a flat piece of yard right next to it. Wonderful! It was not listed anymore this morning. The other issue I thought of is 'I just got my garden going! I can't move right now!' 

I can't pull up my garden right now which is what the manager said was the only stipulation for having it. I would have to take it with me and even though I could gift it to the other lady I doubt she would be able to do it justice given her style of gardening.

So hot weather now which means more watering to do and a harbinger of what's to come in another month.