But there’s a such thing as too hot! This weekend has been miserably hot. The temperatures have raced each morning to break above 100 degrees Fahrenheit. Three days now in a row of triple digit temperatures are doing their best to put an early end to the garden. To make things worse the last rain we had was about a month ago. To put it simply – the garden is on life support. Watering is about the only thing that can get done and that must be done in the early morning or evening just to keep stuff alive. If you’re in Tennessee you know exactly what I’m talking about.
I do hope to share with you some positive things going on in the garden. The vegetable garden will be producing tomatoes and melons soon. Of course this is all with the aid of a soaker hose irrigation system. My plant propagation experiments are still ongoing as always! My latest propagation success was several Baptisia australis cuttings. I’ll show you the results this week. My next Lowe’s project will be coming up this month and I’m still tossing around ideas for a way to solve a problem area in my garden…I’ll have to do some narrowing down on that topic!
Honestly I wish I could solve one big humongous problem… the weather! Alas that is beyond my power to do!
So for now I’ll just hope for the weather to change, to bring us cool breezes and rain for the flowers and vegetables to grow. I hope the weather is more cooperative in your garden this July!
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all I can do is sigh and water….gail
Repeatedly…on both of those!
I live in Spring Hill also….newly transplanted from Florida…gardening is all different here..and I am so confused..first off I planted lots of new things which have to be watered constantly because of no rain, but what happens when winter comes???? If the root system has not spresd out will they survive? They are mulched, but will they need more for the first winter? I heard 'no' because if we have a wet winter they will rot. Yikes!! what to do to protect my new 'children'????
Any help is appreciated.
Sharon
I would go ahead and mulch them anytime. The big answer is it depends! Every plant likes different moisture levels so what is recommended for one isn't always the same for another. I would go ahead and mulch away. It will help you now and keep the soil cooler, lower evaporation, and reduce your watering needs. What types of plants are you concerned about for the winter?
Hi Dave,
I have planted so much..here goes:
hydrangeas, crape myrtle, yew, blue spruce, wistera, spirea, japanese maple, nandina, daylillies, hosta, redbud tree, river birch, foster holly, azalea, and other things I cant rememebr the names, but tags are in the garage…ok I am back LOL sand cherry, liatris,Dicenta bleeding heart, persian lilac, lilly asiatic, sweet shrub calycanthus,japanese pieris, among other small things I got on clearance…like I said, I have been 'in the dirt'
Just hoping they all make it thru the winter, any help is appreciated, like I said, I am from Florida so things are very different there.
Sharon
PS what do I pick for the profile? its asking me to choose a profile tp publish which I have never seen before .
Your blog is GREAT. I've learned a lot. The weather has been getting me down too. I overdid it with the water on two of my tomatoes. Is there anything to do after the fact except wait to see if they make it? One is completely wilted and has about half a dozen large tomatoes on it. The other is only partially wilted but some of the bottom leaves are brown – this is all in one day. Any advice you can give me would be appreciated. Helen