June journal 2

Well, the storm is not to blame for this. It's my fault for not pruning this apricot tree in time, which has reborn. And when it starts to ripen, too much fruit can break a branch.I didn't react in time.

Until mid-June, it seemed like the month would be nice, but just before the end of the month, a heat wave hit us, and we expect its peak at the weekend with temperatures of 38-39 degrees Celsius.
The extreme heat is particularly detrimental to peppers, tomatoes... especially if they are not covered with shade netting. So our cherry tomatoes at the beginning of the garden started to curl their leaves to save themselves from the heat. Luckily we found a piece of shade netting from last year so we will protect it.

In contrast, tomatoes grown in a greenhouse are excellent. Although it can be warmer in a greenhouse than outside, with regular watering and the protection provided by the greenhouse itself, tomatoes do not bend their leaves and are not protected from sunburn.

I leave the fig saplings until autumn when I dig them out and make fig seedlings. I promised my uncle a few, and I want to add at least two more figs to my garden.

Unlike the fig, the hazelnut, especially if you grow it as a tree, can be annoying and produce a million young shoots, which I have to remove so that they don't draw food for the fruit.

We installed an irrigation system in the orchard and so far everything is fine with the trees, the only thing waiting for us is the job of mowing the grass.

Our first persimmon dried up last year due to drought, this year we planted a new one. In the place where the persimmon dried up, a plant sprouted from the roots. I did a little research and found out that in our country, Diospyros lotus (Caucasian apple or Japanese wild apple) is most often used for persimmon grafting because it tolerates winter very well.

The melons have bloomed and are spreading beautifully across the garden.We put mulch around all the melons and watermelons and installed a watering system.

And for the zucchini, well, one planted was enough for us, I sowed a whole row.

Our red rose still blooms.

And the first flower arrived from the albition too.

We face a battle with the grass, which had enough moisture and was growing before this heat wave.

Thanks for reading.
Until next time.
Stay healthy.
Markone85.

All images are mine, unless otherwise noted.