Two weeks ago, snowing. Today 92 degrees....

[bhikkhu]

If my veggies could get up and walk, I think I'd be all alone out in the garden tomorrow...

[Shoelace]

1. here too and all my greens are bolting!

it was 100 degrees here (Willamette valley, Oregon) yesterday and since it's been a very cool Spring, my salad greens, spinach, Bok Choy, etc., were wonderful - until yesterday.
I even covered them all with white sheets to make sure they didn't get direct sun. Last night, I see them starting to bolt and form flower heads.

I guess I'll pinch off the flower stalks and hope for the best. ITMT, my young tomato plants are liking the heat so I guess we win a few and lose a few. :shrug:

[hippywife]

2. I went out an picked

a whole bunch of baby mesclun, arugula, and spinach this morning. I kept some of the large plastic containers that Earthbound Farms sells theirs in to store them in. They keep their product nicely in the fridge for weeks so I figured it would work for mine. Filled a whole one.

[Shoelace]

5. good idea, think I'll do that too

I've got a bunch of them that I used to hold seedling trays in my little mini greenhouse. Those containers do seem to keep green fresh for the longest time.
Actually, it's mostly my Bok Choy that bolted and thankfully, only a couple of the Mesclun greens and a few spinach, Swiss Chard bolted. Phew!
I'm doing a raw foods diet now so am looking forward to predicted rain for this next week. Oregon's weather has been like a yo yo this year!

[bhikkhu]

3. I hope mine are too small to bolt.

I have a big crop of mixed lettuce in a cold frame outside, all just 3 or four inches high and across. I have been watering lightly three or four times during the days to keep them cool, and so far so good.

My tomatoes on the other hand are quite happy - looking fit for a growth spurt after long weeks of near freezing nights!

[Shoelace]

6. hey fellow Oregonian

I'd bet you are in E. Oregon? It's been such a weird weather year for our state. That's why I bought the Gardman mini Greenhouse to fend off the cold nights so my tomato plants would survive (not to mention my personal fav. Basil).
Also, I have been out in the early afternoons to see how the growies were doing in all that heat here in the valley and saw ONE Bee! I'm really concerned that we won't have any pollinators this year.
I bought "Partenon" Zucchini seeds (5 seeds in that package!) because they don't require pollination. Sure hope that works.

[bhikkhu]

7. Klamath area, and things are actually going well. Watering often though.

I grow from seed, and start inside or out in the garden depending on cold tolerance. I use a cold frame which is essentially a prehung door laid flat on the ground - open during the day, closed at night, where my batch of Early Girls weathered a bunch of 20 degree nights. Of course nothing really gets going until the ground is warm, which is just happening.

I have onions and leeks, tomatoes, snap peas, lettuce and spinach all growing now. Just coming up from seed are corn, squash, cucumbers, pole beans, melons, kohlrabi, turnips, etc, etc. A hardware store was blowing out seeds at 19 cents a pack, so we're taking advantage in an expanded garden this year.

I've seen plenty of bees in my fruit trees - at least three varieties so far. Cooler weather and rain is in our forecast, and I think I will take the opportunity then to put out the final batch of heirloom tomatoes that have been hardening off...

[Gormy Cuss]

4. It's been over 95 here for four days.

The young tomato, pepper, and corn plants are loving it. Everything else is a bit stressed. We pulled in all of our salad greens, radishes, and other cool weather crops.