Hey CL, sounds like your new place has all sorts of nice new features, I'm a little jealous since I haven't had AC since leaving E. Wash. when I was a kid.
I've been working in the garden quite a bit this week. The lettuce and spinach I wintered over are nice a big now and providing plenty of greens for us. The spring planted ones are coming along well. Snap peas are starting to bloom -- the best I've gotten at this place -- so glad they have a sunnier location now! This week I've put in all my cukes and winter squash. I don't do nearly as many as you but enough to keep me busy and supply what we need. These hot days have made it hot, sweaty work.
I'm trying something new I just read about. I'm putting a cover over the top of my cukes and squash, like a small hoop house -- leaving the ends open. It's supposed to give them the heat they need between now and July. I hope it works since I had such a rough time with them last year.
And in my spare time I'm integrating a blue Marans pullet into my flock. The plan was to have her be part of a trio being added at the same time, but my best laid plans and Murphy's law didn't agree on anything, so that's what I ended up with.
She hatched from some Helen Byers eggs in Feb. so she's already 13 weeks old. She has a really sweet temperament and after three days of working with her and my hens it's going pretty well.
