Fallbrook,CA. 108 degrees this weekend sat/sun 102/o at 10 am plants wilting, will water tomorrow morning,mon.,I long for the June Gloom, that burns off later in the day around noon. Plants recovering, though, except for the @#*@# squirrels, that climb the fruit trees and eat the fruit. apricots,plums,nectrines,peaches, also climb the fence to get in the garden to eat the tomatoes, I welcome any suggestions on how to KILL the suckers, any home remedies? Thanks you guys for ALL your help with the zukes and melons

Thanks for the compliments all. I am surprised these are doing as well as they are considering the weather conditions. "Juneuary" that is too funny BorS. Wish I was having to use a heater down here in the blast furnace of the south! Helen the garden flowers look great, but the grass is already scorched looking. Sure am glad I didn't bother reseeding after last summer's drought because that would have been a bust! I did aerate it this spring and through out some white clover seed which started coming up but not sure if it will make it this year or not. No black flies here, just mosquitoes although I honestly don't know where they are breeding. I dump the water in the bird bath out every other day and the fish in the pond do a good job of eating the larva since I don't feed them at all anymore. Jean, you know I love Tie Dye. It's coloration is just so wild looking. Kaiu is a real surprise this year also as I was unaware it was blooming until I happened to spy a white bloom amongst the other blooms and foliage.

Hi forum friends! THANK YOU for taking the time to comment on my pics. I have new respect for all the faithful posters here because it is an amazing task to upload photos & do a post! And some of you do it nearly every day...that's dedication! I knew ZEUS would steal the show and since he's my 'baby', of course, posted the most pics of him! He is my faithful friend and as handsome as he is to look at, if you all knew how LOVING he is, you would find out where I live and come to my house and kidnap him...LOL. He loves to be held, loves to snuggle, and sleeps on my pillow curled up around my head every night. Just the most gentle, peaceful and devoted creature I have ever been blessed to love. Nat, I was surprised by the staying power of 'Gilded by Grace' myself. I thought with all the ruffling it would melt like most of the other frilly ones do after near 100 temps. But she still looked pretty at the end of the day. The other thing that amazed me is that even though she is brand-new in my garden, she opens up well. I have had some problems with the more ruffled ones since they're all immature still and the cooler nights. Thanks, Avedon & Kay for the suggestion of 'Sunday Gloves'. I bought that one years ago at a local garden center and it had no tag. Celeste

My gardens are quite busy with lots of butterflies and hummingbirds....I have blooming at this time: 4 Lantana horrida, several Rock Roses, numerous Lady in Red Salvia and Coral Nymph Salvia, 3 New Gold Lantana, a Miss Huff Lantana, a Lucky Yellow Lantana, a Lucky Peach Lantana, a Dallas Red Lantana, 2 Silver Mound Lantana, 2 Orange Cosmos, many Zinnas, 2 Flame Acanthus, several sunflowers of various sizes, Gaura is covered in buds about to open, Zephyranthes citrina, Zephyranthes drummondii, Fairy Rain Lilies, Peach colored rain lilies, LOTS of May Night Salvia, numerous cannas, Lavender Trailing Lantana, a dozen or so Russian Sage, Cardinal Climber vines, Belinda's Dream rose, Don Juan Rose (red), Dill, chocolate mint, spearmint, 3 Arapaho Crepe Myrtle, 2 Japonica Kerria, Caryopteris Blue beard, Amaranthus, crocosmia, tropical hibiscus, passionvine, Purple Heart, Spiderwort, lirope, Rhodophiala bifada-Oxblood Lilies, Tuscarora Crepe Myrtle, Natchez Crepe Myrtle, several light pink Crepe Myrtles that are at least 48 years old, 3 Vitex trees, Queen's Wreath, Noah's Morning Glory, Pink Oleander, Summer Poinsetta, White Marigold, Yellow milkweed, comfrey, lots of tomato plants, pepper plant, squash vines, watermelon vines, Black & Blue Salvia, a J.C. Harvey crinum just finished blooming and Esperanza.