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I definitely want to plant a Fall garden. It’s dry and hot here too in West Central Georgia. We are on a bored well and are being conservative with water. I’m catching rinse water in the sink and pouring in buckets on the porch. Any water bottles not finished, even ice in glasses are being poured in the bucket. It did rain Monday morning off and on for about 45 minutes. I put plastic totes under over hangs of the house. I filled up five 5-gallon buckets by putting a bowl under gutter down spout and catching water and pouring straight into buckets ( down spout is low to ground). I ended up catching 21 gallons and watered right at roots. Then I’m watering after sunset ( I know that’s not ideal) but it does help with evaporation. Shade cloths, large patio umbrellas in the afternoon. Anything to help. We are praying and hoping for rain soon 🙏🏻 “Tip”- Cherry tomatoes are doing fabulous! I am picking twice a day and freezing. They will cook just as well as larger tomatoes and will can and freeze the cooked tomatoes soon 🤗 Already have 3 gallons of cherry tomatoes 🍅

Yes bunch of green ones east tx

Talked to my friend in Nevada yesterday she said they had a small garden. As for us here in Texas we didn't have any luck with anything this year.

Shade cloth seems to be helping tomatoes in North Florida (9a), but yes, taking forever to get them to ripen. Squash crashed quickly and fighting pickle worms on cucs. Corn coming in and melons are few but seeming to be doing ok.Seems early to start fall seeds. When do you plan to place outside for fall? I think we aim for mid to late August but I’m still learning fall timing. Was thinking of starting more pepper seed now since they are slow getting going for me.

It’s just awful. 116°heat index with about 13 million % humidity. We’ve been in drought but finally got some rain. Gully washing thunderstorms two nights in a row

South Carolina is going thru the same crap ,big time drought, you couldn’t pay me to live in Texas

The climate control people are doing this on purpose by the way

Do you put damp teatowels in the freezer then drape one around your shoulders when it's very hot weather?

My beans are not producing in San Marcos, TX but I was told to wait for the fall harvest. My cucumbers are great but they are Biet Alpha they are self pollinating.

97 degrees here in middle Tennessee today with a heat index of 101. We're watering every day. We are trying out a shade cloth for one section of our garden this year to see if it makes a difference for production. If I have an open section of garden when I'm pulling out stuff, I'm putting in okra as it doesn't seem to mind the heat as much as the rest of our stuff. We started our first round of fall seeds yesterday, indoors. And our cucumbers aren't doing well at all. Like you, I'm just grateful for what we do have in the garden.

Ripening was a problem for me. Humidity is always so bad with the 105 heat index. No breeze here. We don’t get breezes often. It’s 12:30 am and I’m sweating outside from this sauna. Can I do it all again, since most of my plants are now playing out? It’s a lot, a lot to do single handed. I may try only because I’m hard headed🤣. My melons tendrils have dried up too early so I don’t know that these small melons will even be ripe. No greenhouse and everything is full sun early morning until about 7:30pm. Too much is changing. Will be hotter every year. We go from last minute frost to 85 here. No spring anymore. Adjustments will be needed for future planting.

Hello from utah . Its blazing here looks like end of august and fall .grass terribly dry . Cannt do a garden, but its ok because its so hot and dry itcwould just burn up or use way too much water . Take care . Keep safe .

Im in southern east texas. Mators no go. But blackberries humungus. And im used to this heat 10 yrs ago we went thru a 5 yr drought had 2 yrs no rains. Now rain off n on. Im close to the gulf of mexico. The heat isnt different. We have had worse heat before. Remember. Hydrate hydrate. Oranges canned. Gonna make ketchup soon. Found lots of number 10 cans. Take care of yourself.

How old is that crock pot? Thanks for the recipe. I made some in the past but came out bland. Didn't have bay leaf ACV or turmeric in it.

I’m new to Tx we’re just a little north east of Dallas so I’m learning have raised beds got a late start according to what has said My plants look good no squash but cucumbers still look good tomatoes look great

I agree Texas heat is not for the faint of heart! Bless you and try to stay safe and cool!

Does anyody ever do a second crop of potatoes? The biggest problem i have had is just really poor germination of lots of different things. We have a skunk that is eating tomatoes like crazy. He really prefers the beefsteak and the brandywine. Of course. Im thinking I might plant some dry beans-pintos maybe- where i dug potatoes. Its just so miserable out there that its hard to get motivated

Pulled my tomatoes and beans out of the garden. My tomatoes never ripened on the vine either. Worst garden ever this season. Starting my tomatoes for a fall crop. Peppers are the only thing that is still flourishing.

I'm just north of Houston and it's awful. Temps not dropping below 80 at night. About a month too early to start tomato seedlings for Fall.

This is my 3rd year here and i can't grow potatoes - so weird. I've been using my laundry room to grow lunchbox peppers with success and some herbs. The hail we had destroyed my sweet potato plants, and tomato plants... its exhausting trying to garden in this state.

I’m in zone 3B. bean seeds are just breaking ground. We get one shot at growing our garden because of the short growing season. We have had so many tornadoes this year so far. Your so right the sun intensity is severe.

I picked my last tomatoes today. Vines look terrible from the flooding rain and now the blistering heat (Kaufman). I don’t know that I have the energy for a fall garden. Since my DH passed away I really don’t use that much food. I mainly grow for organic reasons but it’s getting harder at my age. Probably a dozen cukes and 6 yellow squash. Not a good year. Some green beans.

We are going forth with fall garden. It was a struggle this spring season. Hopefully our fall garden will do better.

The weather has been so manipulated , it's out of control & done on purpose I said we will be lucky if the garden we grow makes it. Don't give up & Pray for the best and yes the bees are few & far between. god bless

Lack of rain and hot in Maryland too. Not as hot as you though. Plants not happy. Watering like crazy.

Stay safe Jill love ya guys.

Thank you for sharing. I pray you get the rain. Claymont, De.

It's the same here in south Alabama, very dry and very hot and humid. I'm watering my garden every day but it's still suffering from the heat. We hit 100 today with 90% humidity so I know the tomatoes won't be setting more fruit. I'm taking the half ripe tomatoes off the plants and letting them ripen on the porch rail. With the birds and critters needing water they will ruin the fruit if I leave it to fully ripen on the vines. We haven't had any measurable rain in weeks but I'm praying and believing God for a good soaking rain. Be careful in this heat, I was outside watering until 8 pm and I was drenching wet with sweat when I finished. I felt like turning the hose on myself lol.

It has been pouring here, almost daily.. Well, here around us. 2 days in a row it got so dark, with thunder and lightning.. It sprinkled for a few seconds. But, no measurable rain in a while. Still watering everyday. Yeah, my tomatoes sure did take a LONG time to ripen. It's time to pull my plants. No cukes. The only zucchini that gave anything was the grey from survival seeds. NONE of the others did anything. Vine squash would get about 3 inches around and stop. I don't know what's going on. ALL of my plants were incredible this year. Just no fruits...No bees either. I'm planting some dwarf sunflowers out front this week. And will be planting Floridade tomotates for the fall. They will set fruit up to 100. I just never bothered because they are smaller...B-U-T...when you aren't getting much, smaller sounds good about now!😆😆Ok I lied.. those blueberry cherry's I got from you.. BOWLS at a time! 🤣🤣

Hey Jill from the Ark-La-Tex! Last NIGHT was miserable! At midnight the heat index was 90. I checked the Accuweather Extended Forecast. From today until at least August 6th… the daily heat Index will range from 102-110. I couldn’t even get a spring garden growing. Hoping for a couple of Winter items. Planted a couple of pumpkin seeds with the 5 year old Grand. Many Blessings to y’all 🤗

Jill, sorry to hear about your squash and zucchini shortage. Wish we were closer. Up here in far North Texas I have them coming out my ears! I would give you several. Some of my plants had to be replanted due to being killed by the hail storms a couple months ago and are just now coming online with little fruits. What was I thinking planting so many of these dang plants!!???!!! LOL My tomatoes are getting about 35-40% ripe on the vine and I go ahead and pick them and ripen them the rest of the way in a paper bag on my counter. Got lots of tiny cukes on the vine. Hoping they mature in time. Try to stay cool in this weather. Especially starting next week! YIKES! I agree people should be very careful in this heat and humidity.

I have lots of sunflowers and other perennials in my garden. I have tons of bees differing varieties. Maybe allow some of you beds to have these. I'm in OKC area.

Our neighbor has bee hives and we are getting the benefit of their pollination along with bumble bees and wasps. So good.

Just pulled up my tomato plants and had no luck with squash or zucchini either. Growing cowpeas, green beans and sweet potatoes now. Cucumbers still producing under shade cloth here in southeast Texas. Peppers did not do well either. Crazy hot by 9 am with high humidity. Not giving up yet though. Thanks for your advise for starting plants now. Just planted more sweet potato slips yesterday.

Yes tomatoes not ripening. I thought it was because of the stink bug problem in having. Im in bosque county planted 7 squash plants but only harvested a handful. cucumbers are good had lots of bees now they are gone. don't know what that's all about. Really my biggest problem is leaf footed bugs and stink bugs.

91 and humid here in upper valley Oregon. coolin down for a week maybe a drizz, then we wont get anymore rain til mid Sept. No tomatoes til end of next month for us. Stay cool and pray for a good season.

next year is the peak of the 11 year solar cycle we should start getting some relief from the intensity after that

Yes, I got my chores done by 10:30 am. We are West of Tyler, Tx. I think mu cucumbers will not give me anything. I have just gotten tomatoes from my earliest yielding plant, but I have several plants that I hope keep giving for a while. Really trying to keep my young trees from dying. It has happened before when it got scorching. Seems to burn right thru your clothes. Take care.

My tomatoes have done fantastic this year, but are slowing down now. Most are in mostly shaded areas and are not burnt to a crisp yet but the ones in the sun I pulled up over the weekend because they were fried. I did find recipes that use green tomatoes though so nothing is going to waste. My cucumbers are also still doing good. I have two little bumblebees that I see every morning on them. 😊 My herbs are doing well too. The only thing that was a bust so far was the squash. Stay cool. This heat is brutal.

I am planning my fall garden. My Opalka tomatoes are struggling. I have cut them back a bit and waiting on the tomatoes to finish ripening. Plan to pull them out or cut them back even more. Blackeyed peas have aphids. So planted a second round and will treat for the aphids and ants. I have a volunteer cantaloupe that is to doing well and waiting for the melons to ripen. Peppers are doing okay. Sowed some okra. Not much in the garden and will begin again late July or early August for the fall garden. I generally pack out the garden and go all the way through the summer and into fall. This year, planned it more like you had stated last year as 2 seasons spring and fall garden, so that I would not have to fight the heat during July. I know it will be hot in August but a month off for rest with minimal garden chores, sounded like a good plan. When the "fall" garden is ready to harvest, I am hoping it will be a bit cooler.

Also NTX here. My garden all looks good except the tomatoes. Their leaves are starting to yellow. I have some small fruit on the bushes but I’m thinking the time for them to grow more is pretty much over. I will be putting up shade clothes over my tomato beds so hopefully that will help.

My cucumber plant died in the heat

Yesterday was the saddest day of my life, I started. Prepping for anything that might come our way . We just moved to South Texas from West Texas n I put all our canning and all our food in a climate controlled storage and yesterday I was robbed and they took over 10,000$ worth of food and the cameras were not even working when we were told it was a security storage and the deadbolts did not even work either so sad ! I had soo much canning that I learned to do from alot of y’all on here and I started in 2019 what a waste I’m so depressed! I don’t know if I have the strength to start over pray for my husband and I we really need it thank you !

Got tomatoes just ain't getting ripe. What percentage shade cloth do you recommend and where do you get it for tomatoes ? I'm in joshua

In Mansfield. Great tomato harvest. Very little squash this year. Interested in what you are planting in your Fall garden. Thank you for all you do!

How, where do you put your seed starts? In the house? Under shade cloth. I’m in North Tx too and it’s so hot!!! I hate to start them in the house but the garage and everywhere outside are just stifling!

I’m on my second batch of plant cucumbers. I hope it’s OK. They look good. We do have a lot of bees.

Yes I’m been going out late in the Evening.. My peppers are suffering. They’re either smaller or they’re almost dropping. A lot of them are dropping their flowers. It’s just so hot.

Love you back sista Jill You are right on about the heat being different every year.

Due to pest pressure I’m letting everything in my greenhouse die and hopefully they will leave with nothing to eat. Will start seeds soon for the fall. Planning Tom’s, kale, Swiss chard, broc, cauli, cabbage, collards. Bought net bags to go over my containers so the bugs can’t get to anything. Will still have to deal with white flies which are horrible right now and aphids. Will try beans again but the kadydids eat the blossoms so we haven’t gotten any so far this year. Frustrated beyond belief. I hate that you are starting the heat suffering again. God bless you Jill and I pray a heavenly golden dome of impenetrable protection over you and your property rendering you invisible to any evil formed against you and yours.