Summer Solstice Moon
After the cold and the gray comes the bright and the damp. 81 degrees already at 9:30 am 
with a dewpoint of 75. That’s well beyond uncomfortable, which begins at 60. Mulching the new lily and iris bed along with the areas Kate weeded last week followed by thinning the beets on the third tier left me with as much outside exposure as I wanted.
Looks like we’ll get some rain today. A good thing since the electricity outage in the garage has crippled my irrigation clock. No clock, no water other than rain. That’s on the get it fixed list. Soon.
We’ve entered the rapid growth phase of the growing season, with the nectar flow ready to begin next week. The compressed season makes for exaggerated rhythms, a feature of the northern garden. Like Chinese cooking, preparation is 90% of the ingredients needed to succeed.
Javier will come by some time in the next few days to price out mulch and weed suppression for the orchard and mulch for the vegetable bed paths.
