Microgreens and a side dish of green beans
El Niño. Long hot and dry season; delayed and short rainy season. We’ve been through it so many times that one would think we should be used to it by now. But it gets worse every time.
Daytime temperature sores to the high 30s but the heat index is more extreme. From late morning until mid-afternoon, it goes as high as 47C. And weather forecasters (if they can be believed) predict that it will be even hotter in May.
We stay indoors with the AC on. Last month’s electricity bill was already up by twenty per cent but I bet that’s cheaper than getting hospitalized due to heat stroke, stroke or even a heart attck.
Meanwhile, our herb and vegetable garden has taken a hit. The fruit trees will survive but most of the herbs have already withered and died. Even the pot of oregano. I’ve often heard it said that only a complete moron would be incapable of keeping oregano alive — that it’s practically impossible to kill — but it died anyway.
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