10 Ways to Prepare Your Hot-Climate Garden for Summer: Growing in the Garden

[@conniedavidson1807]

You are such a breathe of fresh air! I love when you put out a video because you give us "HOT" growing gardeners so much useful info. Thank you and I already can't wait for your next video,

[@GrowingInTheGarden]

Thank you so much!

[@elizabethmatheson-sugarloaf]

"Prepare to be disappointed" made me laugh out loud. It's so true. Where I garden, in the High Mojave, and I think in most deserts last summer we had extra extreme heat. We know and accept that we have extreme heat every year, but to have more than usual was brutal. As I think about my losses, I also think about all that I did eat. And I'm grateful. I think it's important to accept the ebb and flow of gardening. A letting go or acceptance is so important. You captured that well here. Thank you for another great video.

[@WalktheLake]

OMG I’m so happy to have found you! I learned a ton from this quick, interesting video! New subscriber 😁👍🏼

[@GrowingInTheGarden]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@kimkarnsbond]

I’m moving to AZ soon from Oregon, was worried I wouldn’t be able to garden during summer, thank you for showing me how it can work! Feeling better about the move already!

[@jennhoff03]

I LOVE that Summer pep talk!! I am legit traumatized from last summer and I've been working for months on putting in irrigation before it hits again. Incidentally, I told you on another video that I was struggling trying to find ways to irrigate my containers that I move around all the time. And I finally did it! They have these easy-lock 1/4" connectors that pop on and off, so you can detach your containers and re-configure them easily. It's been super nice, as I've already rolled containers back for a tropical storm and to re-arrange for other reasons.

[@VoiceAndPianoByChristaFord]

LOVE 😎❤️ your channel! From a grateful fellow Gardening/Homesteading Mama

[@angelaberni8873]

I live in Costa del Sol Spain and boy does it get hot here. So thank you for your precious advice.

[@tom1318]

Great to see a video for growing in hot weather. Very helpful.

[@kimnash3261]

We garden in TN, much more do-able than AZ. But having gardened in MI most of my life, there is a learning curve to gardening in TN summer heat also. I'll be trying out shade cloth this year for the first time. I appreciate your content dense, yet concise videos.

[@TrippinGatos]

I’ve been following your channel for years, and the Ollas and vermicompost buckets have been game changers in my dry-mega drought-central California weather. Aside from the AZ monsoons, central CA has similar weather to you (over 100 degrees, rare freezing temps, nothing grows well in the summer). Thank you for all your amazing advice and insights!

[@kelleyamador8838]

Great information, thank you. Your gardens are beautiful and look very prolific!

[@stephaniestatnick]

Thank you for the pre pep talk! I put in some new raised beds and have a 3 foot space to the west that will be perfect for sunflowers!

[@deathdiablo22]

Thank you for this amazing video!!! I'm so glad as a first time gardener that you're in the same climate as me! So far everything in my garden seems to be okay, but I know I need to get the mulch put in the bed. I might also move my sunflower container to the side of my raised bed to provide the tomatoes with a little bit of shade. I know I have to do the shade cloth with my garden though. My backyard gets very very very intense sun for most of the day.

[@christianerardt3705]

Great advice, thank you 👍💚🌱 Last year i had my first gardening season on the balcony after moving, and i found out it was pretty hot and almost all day long in sun. Several plants did struggle with these conditions. Some stopped growing or lost their blossoms and fruits. I never had so much heat and sun on one spot where i had been gardening before. This is a real challenge for me. So i'm glad to get good advice for it. I already thought about changing summer crops and shading it better. But the ollas look really nice and practical.

[@dtorrice5101]

I have a green bean tunnel that adds shade and I even grow things inside in pots. Thank you for all the great ideas.

[@FarmerHouseKH]

You're planting many kind in your garden, that nice

[@SMichelle626]

I am new to gardening and I am just so dang happy that I found you ! Thank you so much for all the advice!!!

[@lettucegobackinthyme1075]

I’m so glad I found your channel. I also live in the hot southwest and I am learning about gardening. Yesterday I just finished helping my mom with veggies beds, your tips came just in time! Thanks 😊

[@rachelcrawford4812]

I JUST looked up “cooling your summer garden” as I look at next week’s forecast and see 97! 😳 Thank you so much for all your knowledge and all the work you put in sharing it with us. Especially trying to grow in Phoenix. 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@orangemoonglows2692]

buckwheat is an awesome cover crop. i interplant it with almost everything.

[@tammyedwards4635]

You dear Girl are a inspiration! I couldn’t garden wo ur wisdom! Happy Good Friday!

[@GrowingInTheGarden]

Thank you! You too!

[@michelleevans3196]

New sub! 😀 Thank you so much for the much needed info about gardening in “the valley of the sun”! ☀️🌵While everyone in cooler climates are just getting their summer crops planted, I’m over here just trying to keep my tomatoes from splitting from the heat! 🤪 So glad I found you!

[@fraukeg.facchini2691]

Great information, thank you, Angela!

[@therusticranchgarden]

Awesome info. I live in a very hot temperature environment. My garden suffers every summer. I have some old screens that I will reuse in the garden. We’ve already had 100 degree days. Thanks.

[@mariap.894]

New subscriber (South Florida). Loved the way you explained, showed failures and well organized. ⚘️🌼 Thank you 💖😉👍

[@TheFarmerTv99]

Amazing video

[@sarahmunoz14]

Very helpful. I just moved my terracotta and ran drip to them. Glad I didn’t bother with the small ones.

[@butterlite100]

I love your videos! I’d watch you garden everyday! Have you thought about doing daily vlogs?

[@debra9866]

Thanks for the suggestion. New gardener to Arizona from Cal. But hot dry climate . Best first vegans for a new Bebe . With kids that are young helpers.

[@hollysharvest]

Such a great video! Thank you!

[@loriarnold9011]

I’m in Southern Utah and am SO grateful for someone who understands our hot summers! Where did you get your heavy duty metal arches? Would love to get some!

[@GrowingInTheGarden]

A local welder made them for me.

[@Gforu81]

This is incredible

[@YogawithAshleyGee]

THANK YOU! I was just thinking about this as a first time gardener living in Tucson 🙏

[@GrowingInTheGarden]

Glad it was helpful!

[@YogawithAshleyGee]

@@BooBooKitty001 WOW! thank you so much for all that info! 🙏🙏🙏

[@stephaniehanuman-dale6279]

You had me at mulch🤣

[@heidigib01]

I’m in Mesa Az and if I could get my garden one tenth your size and volume I’d be thrilled

[@backtonature433]

Informative 👍 👍 👍

[@JChalant]

last summer in Mesa everything died off for me, going with a water res' dirt bed and sun shade Jun-Aug this year, good luck evryone!

[@docrita]

What was the alternative cover crop you mentioned where you showed the red/orange flower?

[@hollyssimplelife1634]

Can you do videos on garden tours

[@becomingpeculiar2815]

Hello there I love your content thank you for producing it. I’m new so I have not watched a lot of your videos in fact I think this is only my third, however I was wondering do you keep a notebook with your goings on like how do you organize all this? 🙏🏽

[@GrowingInTheGarden]

The monthly blog posts help me stay organized. growinginthegarden.com/category/this-that/this-month-in-the-garden/

[@valeriesanchez3074]

Here In Texas when spring starts, it's summer. 😆 no preparing for those lava storms

[@Dsrtgardener]

I am getting ready to put my shade cloth up tomorrow. I use 40% (west valley). I have some dinosaur kale that still seems fine. Can it survive our summer? I love the spring in the garden. Everything is taking off!

[@GrowingInTheGarden]

I've had some lacinato (dinosaur) kale that lived for nearly 2 years. But usually it bolts when temps climb.

[@ffs6158]

Do you have any experience using neem meal? I find during the hot months using neem oil burns the leaves and I'm wondering if using it through the soil systemically will help. Trying to keep aphids off new growth seems impossible.

[@ffs6158]

@Leslie Behrens Oh interesting, thanks! I have a lot of lady bugs in the spring but once it starts hitting the upper 90s they seem to disappear while the aphids go into overdrive.

[@tiffanyx8577]

I’m container gardening in food safe buckets upcycled and will be using a watering can all summer long. Is this a pipe dream?

[@GrowingInTheGarden]

Watering may be tough, but if you have enough time, it could work. Move containers to a spot with afternoon shade.

[@SkinnyPigDesigns]

What kind of sunflowers are you growing? I love how those are branching and bushy! 🤩

[@GrowingInTheGarden]

The branching ones are varieties I saved seeds from years ago.

[@jmjdickey]

I have a raised bed with some veggies (a way above ground raised bed) am thinking of getting that grid thing that you use and being in the desert too I was wondering how often and for how long do you water your veggies. Mine aren't growing very well right now and I have been hand watering but not sure if I am doing too much or not enough so I want to try that grid thing.

[@GrowingInTheGarden]

Right now I'm watering every 3 days for 15 minutes.

[@LoriShepherdLoLo]

So happy to have found you! First time gardener here in Mesa. Would you say it's too late to start my luffa seeds?

[@Farmynator]

If you're not sure, try it. There's no loss in trying because if you keep those seeds for next year, less will germinate, all seeds have an expiration date. Don't throw packets after expiration, those that do come up will be fine and even if they won't produce as much the first year, you can collect it's seed and their offspring will be more easy to grow in your garden, because it took those survival genetics from their parents.

[@GrowingInTheGarden]

Not at all. I’d give it a try.

[@jmjdickey]

Is straw good for mulch or are wood chips better?

[@GrowingInTheGarden]

Either one works. I prefer wood chips.

[@janemiller2812]

How can I find out what zone I live in? I’m in Hawaii. Thank you

[@GrowingInTheGarden]

growinginthegarden.com/when-to-plant-your-garden-how-to-find-a-planting-calendar-for-your-area/

[@patriciavalencia2674]

How do you all protect your tomato leaves and fruit from sun burn guys? 🙏🏼

[@septimal_7]

Maybe this is a silly question, but would burying a water bottle with some holes poked in it do something similar to the Olla?

[@GrowingInTheGarden]

You could try it. The nice thing about the olla is it seeps out over time as needed.

[@jofoth7052]

We live in the Gilbert area and watched your truck load of Mulch being delivered. Can you share the name of the company that you use. Thank you!

[@GrowingInTheGarden]

Arizona Worm Farm

[@sarahmarti141]

What zone is this?

[@GrowingInTheGarden]

Low desert of Arizona zone 9b

[@drewsenthused6079]

Is there any issue with water that remains in the irrigation pipes for a couple days and heats up?

[@GrowingInTheGarden]

Most of it drips out when the water turns off. It hasn't been an issue.

[@FB-xl8wr]

In malaysia we dont have four growing season but we have summer/dry season and moonson season/rainy season so we have long growing season here in malaysia,day temperature here are about 29-35 almost everyday all season, but during november to february (rainy/moonson season) the temperature will get little bit cooler ,but my country very often flooded in the rainy season and.. Last december 2021 my garden completely submerged in waterr... 😭😭😭😭😭

[@minhhop3208]

You have a big garden , why growing food in containers????

[@GrowingInTheGarden]

Adds temporary space above ground.