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Rent out Texas

The old joke goes, "If I owned Hell and Texas, I'd live in Hell and rent out 
Texas."
It's been about that hot and dry. I'm afraid to peek at the water level in 
our well, and only water the newly planted and plants in pots. Peppers 
couldn't handle it,.
Time to plant the fall stuff, and it's a joke to think about trying to start 
baby plants in our desert conditions.
Some good news, tho. Doreen gave me seeds for a black type of tomato, and 
it's still producing along!  The grasshoppers and other nasties don't seem 
to know what to do with such a strange color and nothing bothers them, 
either. They have a tendency to crack when I leave them on the vine, but 
they're soooo good!
They (hoppers) ARE really damaging the hibiscus, ringing the flowers right 
at the base and sucking them dry. I'm using diatomaceous earth on them, but 
does anyone else have any suggestions?
The clock/thermometer in town read 107 Saturday! Who knows what that made 
the heat index! How are the rest of ya'll coping?
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