Spring or Summer?

This past week I've spent a small fortune on garden stuff....for the lawn, outside of the house, etc. However, it's too darn hot to stay outside for too long! I think the high was 84 today. And humid. It's supposed to get even hotter the next couple of days. ICK.

I chopped down quite a bit of my ligustrum bushes in the back. They are now a mere shadow of their former selves. I may have gotten a little carried away. It's like giving a bad haircut (I don't cut hair, mine or anyone else's!); you make a mistake, then you just don't know when to quit. Not to worry...I couldn't kill them if I tried. Anyway, I want to move 4 from outside the screened porch to the side of the house. I want to plant a veggie garden where those 4 are now. Vegetable gardening is a bit of a challenge here. Not like Pennsylvania. I used to have a really nice veggie garden every summer after I bought my grandfather's house in New Castle. He worked the ground so much that the soil was incredibly rich. I still think about how he used to garden a plot the size of an entire city lot next to the house, with every vegetable imaginable, including corn. He had cold frames for lettuce, had 2 grape arbors (Concord and white Muscat), and pear trees, one of which he grafted two types on one tree. He was amazing. I used to LOVE to spend time there as a kid. I'll be lucky to produce some tomatoes and cucumbers down here. I have a small tangerine tree that has some blossoms, but I don't think I'll get fruit from it this year. It's very cute though!