Friday update

I have two essays due next week - a 3pager and a 5pager. My 3pager was a more difficult topic but I pretty much finished it last night. Now I need to start my 5pager which is longer but more along my lines of topics, ie no book analyzing. :)
Last week one of my redwood stakes snapped at a knot in the wood and one of my tomato plants hit the ground - it was just too heavy. It was still completely intact so I propped it back up and will get a bamboo stake today to replace it this weekend. The ladies are coming over for Women's Workday and we are building a patio table so my bf and I can enjoy eating outside on these hot days.
We've been having a heatwave for the past week. Our weather has been so strange since Spring. Heatwaves in Spring and coldsnaps in Summer, now we finally have heat in the summer but it's too intense. I give the garden a good sprinkle each morning and yesterday watered down the house and the driveway just to cool them off enough to get some cool air coming in the house. It worked, with the fans. I dearly miss the rain, especially knowing that it's not due back here in Cali for at least 4 more months.
And now, for pictures of some of my experimental plants for the season, including my 4 cotton plants and my trashcan potatoes: