It should be fall...

The Twin Cities marathon was cancelled because of weather today...because of heat! The humidity is awful, more like July. The cosmos are in their prime (above). Normally, I'd have the garden mostly cleaned up, but I've got mini peppers growing, so I'm going to leave them there and see what happens. 

Yet I did plant some bulbs yesterday before it got really warm (above). In both the front and back of the house, I planted 50 Tete-a-Tete daffodils, 14 Purple Sensation and 6 Mount Everest Alliums, and 15 Gravetye Giant Leucojum (good deals at a warehouse club).  At the time, I thought I bought too many bulbs, but I could have used more, though my body was tired enough. The carrots are a bit uneven this year, partly because I didn't thin them like I should but mainly because they needed more water. With our recent rains, I hope we catch up. It's no fun gardening in a drought.

I planted the Cosmos (below) next to the black compost bin. It gets pretty warm there, and I think they like it. Even though we had a late spring, with this extended heat, they are looking good. On the other hand, I'm feeling a bit limp on this humid day.