It's 4th of July and is hotter than previous years

 There's another wildfire somewhere in the county so sky is a bit hazy but there's a good wind blowing the other direction. Heat is going to be rising into next week so AC will be cranked up.

 

Best I can do for what's blooming in my garden other than the tomatillos and oregano. At least they're growing and hope they will continue for another few  months.

 

Yes indeed the second squash looks like it pollinated, that other one will get pulled off soon. The bush itself is once again leaning to the corner. The previous squash did the same thing in the opposite corner. The lettuces were still in the bed when that squash was coming up otherwise I would have moved it to the middle.

Another tomato was ready and looks like it will be consecutive fruit for the next few weeks. I tried pulling one of those two smaller ones off but it didn't come easily so left them on for another day or two. Have a total of five and actually used one of them in a salad the other day.

 

On to the mystery seedlings. The one on the left popped up yesterday and the leaf shapes are completely new to me for a seedling. The two sides are fused together at the center which I have not seen before. I used google lens and a few rather frightening matches came up, ivy and morning glory, neither of which have been near there. Having it show up under the tomato instead of out in the open is a factor because if it were a bird it would be more out in the open right? When I see the true leaves I'll be able to get a better idea of what it is. No matter what, it isn't going to stay there. It does seem to be a morning glory seedling which, as much as I love the flower it is NOT going to live in my garden.

I am still convinced that the other two seedlings and this one are from the 'compost'. Nothing like these have shown up before and suddenly here they are after I used it. 

The lone tomato seedling this morning. If I'm lucky there might be a couple more, these are the Terra Cotta tomatoes so even if I only get one, it'll be good. 

Too hot to go out until the sun is almost gone today so I'm glad I watered day before yesterday and then made sure that little seedling and the beans got an extra watering. For the first time in years it is hot and windy on this holiday. 

Not that it's good but it's as it should be in July.

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