This is a photo of the pumpkin harvested today. With the trnsverse and vertical incision like cut. Frightening outlook. I am not sure what has caused it but it is most likely due to drought and high temperature. Pumpkins have fewer female flowers this summer than ever. The hot weather must be responsible for that. I have never experienced with such bizarre cut on the surface of a pumpkin. This must be related with record high temerature for sure.
They say oranges ripen much less than usual in the US etc. This heat wave we have never experienced in the history may bring crop failure, at least for some kinds of crops and/or vegetables this year.
Good news is that some apples are harvested. A few were fallen on the ground. Some injuries due to bites by insects/birds on the surface. Some have started being decayed. But they sure tasted sweet. They have been ripened on the tree and could not be bad tasted.
In Okinawa, a big typhoon has hang around and has left quite big damages there. The power has been off for a day or two. It must be quite tough for them to go without air conditioner at this time in a year. The government should have prepared for such a disaster there and also on the main island, not spending too much budget for military expansion. As global warming still progresses, there could be such a disaster much bigger at higher frequency, I am afraid.
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