More Veggies and Heat

The garden has just started to get really cranking. We have canned 40 cans of green beans so far. We have also been getting squash, zucchini, peppers, and cucumbers. Hopefully we will can some pickles this weekend. The tomatoes, corn, watermelon, and cantaloupe are doing really well also. There is only one problem. We are having one heck of a hot and dry spell. The weather right now is more like late July or early August. It is like 10 degrees hotter than normal. We have been in the upper 90's for over a week now and it is supposed to continue to be that hot as far as the meteorologist can foresee. This would be ok if we were getting rain but we are not and once again the meteorologist does not predict rain any time soon. The garden and plants are really starting to dry out. Usually I don't have to water for another month. Even our grass is starting to die. If we go a couple more weeks without rain I will have to start feeding hay in the summer.