Yesterday’s high was 108 and today is not far behind. All the tender green plants will soon be brown if they are not already. All we have left in the vegetable garden are the peppers.

Luckily we have a lot of native plants in the flower beds that can endure the heat, but we still need to water. For one thing we have favorites that are not native. We are also willing to feed a little water to the lawn grass too to keep it alive but a few more days of this and that will become a losing battle.

We still have flowers though. The lantanas and the flame acanthus are doing their part to draw butterflies and hummers.