The heat has started . . .

Up to 87 both today and tomorrow, and I say phooey, I’m day-tripping down to Astoria tomorrow. Serendipitously enough, Mark and Jan are driving back from Manzanita at the same time, so we’ll have lunch there at a Bosnian restaurant, which should be a new experience.
Still waiting to get the contract and timeline from Todd, but I’ve pretty much decided not to do the work on the raised beds until fall, especially if it ends up being the extra-hot summer they’re forecasting.
I did get quite a bit of mulch on the existing beds last weekend, when it was blessedly cool and cloudy. Put a special heap of compost around the new clematis, who is looking rather peaked: