Like most of the nation, North Carolina has been extremely hot. It reached a hot, humid, high of 93 degrees today. (Weatherman says “Felt like 95.”)  I started working in my backyard garden about eight o’clock and didn’t seek shelter until about noon.   I had “planned” to work on “downsizing” inside the apartment but my enjoyment escalates outside the patio doors.  There is a caption with most of the pictures but please note that it won’t be long until I have home-grown tomatoes.  I had fresh-picked home-grown Scarlet Runner Beans for supper. (I planted the Scarlet Runner Beans so their bright red flowers would attract Hummingbirds. Likewise, nasturtiums, petunias, and begonias planted to attract Hummingbirds. I seldom see a Hummingbird at the two feeders but I frequently see a Hummingbird at the flowers.)