Searing Heat – Nature Bats Last
So I never should have laughed at the heat wave and thought I had it covered with my cucumber water, nature bats last. The heat has been unrelenting, overpowering, nerve fraying and exhausting. Screen time in the house has gone up, creative play has hit rock bottom. We are counting the hours until the heat is supposed to break. On the farm, first our chard and lettuce fried. That was reasonable, it’s summer. But than it got personal. Our cucumbers, the cooling, abundant, gazpacho powering cucumbers — withered in the heat. They are a summer crop, they got some water, …
