Is it cliche to talk about the weather? I mean we’re all really tired of dealing with this weather, that’s for sure. I don’t remember anything like it in my lifetime, and I certainly don’t have any experience to draw from for how to farm in it. This picture is of our squash – on drip irrigation. It’s sad state is not because it’s dry. It’s just flat hot. And I can’t fix that. Everything in the field is very high maintenance right now.
Things that we are direct seeding outside are barely germinating. Here you see we are harvesting some very happy okra, along side of a new planting of swiss chard that I’m trying to get started under some shade cloth. Silly me.
I’m having a little better luck in the greenhouse – broccoli and cauliflower – but they’ll be ready for transplant before too long and I can’t put winter crops in the field with 107 degree temperatures! It’s certainly interesting and definitely unchartered territory for us. 
We are learning about native lambs quarter (wild spinach), a great summer green for sauteing or in fresh salads, and purslane, another summer green for salads or soups. These crops seem to thrive in our Texas heat. And in the mean time, thank goodness for okra!
