I don't need to look at the weather forecast to tell the AQI is bad today (150+) Look at the difference in these two garden shots. May versus today... Hard to breathe. #gardening #Allotment #NewEngland #zone6b @npub1v5ap...ny6w #AirQuality #WildFireSmoke

Well, a small shower rolled through just after 5 PM and dropped .15 inches (about 4mm) of rain. Not nearly enough but it'll do for now. Temperature dropped from 99°F (37.2°C) actual at 3 PM to 78°F (26°C) at 5:30 PM. Hoping the high heat stays away for a few days now... #gardening #Allotment #NewEngland #zone6b @npub1v5ap...ny6w

In case anyone was wondering, I AM getting some tomatoes, but they are slow in coming and a little small. The Sweet 100's are doing the best. They all taste mighty good, no matter what. Heat index just went over 118°F (48°C) and there's thunder rumbling to the NorthWest. We could do with a drop of rain, it's getting a little dusty out there... #gardening #Allotment #NewEngland #zone6b #BeetBear @npub1v5ap...ny6w

It's another ripe stinker out there again this morning. Heat index is already at 106°F (41°C) at 10AM. Got a lot of the veg. picked last night as the sun was going down and the rest this morning in dawn's early light. No more gardening for me today! Here's today's surplus, out for the neighbors. We've added green beans (Kentucky Blue) and onions (Ailsa Craig) to the mix today. The rest is cukes, zucchini, sunburst squash, and eggplant. #gardening #Allotment #NewEngland #zone6b @npub1v5ap...ny6w

BeetBear helped me harvest our onions today. Variety is "Ailsa Craig". Not a bad crop this year, but we've done better. We take what the garden provides. Onions are now laid out to dry for a few days before I string them up to hang until I need them. These are not particularly long keepers, but suit me fine. 😀 #gardening #Allotment #NewEngland #zone6b #BeetBear #Onions @npub1v5ap...ny6w

Set out another cart load of surplus for the neighbors this morning. Meanwhile, BeetBear inspected the corn (soon..., very soon) and picked us some pole beans (Kentucky Blue) . 😀 #gardening #Allotment #NewEngland #zone6b #BeetBear #SweetCorn @npub1v5ap...ny6w

Nice cool-ish morning. We had a rain overnight (.25 inches / 6 mm) that broke the heat. It was a good morning to go out and chop-and-drop all those pesky weeds. Things are still looking pretty good. Lots of veg. & it's hard to keep up with the picking! #gardening #Allotment #NewEngland #zone6b @npub1v5ap...ny6w