The long dry out

While the divine Mrs. M and myself spend the weekend in Leatherstocking country, the garden and yard at Casa Monzeglio should continue to dry out.  While this is mostly good news, it will triple the yard work and gardening load and yours truly is not looking forward to sweaty hours of mowing, hoeing and planting as the heat mounts and July melts into August.  At this point, having written off many of my garden favorites, I don't know how much effort I want to expend for dubious payoffs.  I'll probably gear up anyway, but these niggling doubts will be with me going forward.