Gardening in the heat!

My North Texas heat has reached 110 degrees f today and the weather report on the internet says that coupled with the humidity, it feels like 122 degrees.

My garden is suffering, but surviving. The shade cloths cover all my tomatoes and a few other vegetables like Bell peppers. I've never understood why my Jalapeno and Poblano peppers do fine in the intense sun and heat, but the Bell Peppers always wither and die if not protected. My Fourth Of July hybrid tomatoes I tried for the first time this year continue to bloom and set a few fruit. They are amazing.

When we have extremely hot weather, we usually have a plague of grasshoppers also. This year is no exception. When you walk across the yard, they fly up from the ground making a noise like a hoard of miniature helicopters.

If anyone wants the atmospheric high pressure sitting over the mid southern states causing the heat and drought, let me know. I will happily send it your way. Perhaps the Pacific North West can use it for awhile.

Ted

[Suze]

Ted, Mavras F1 is a great bell for our climate - only bell I bother to mess with anymore. It can take the heat better than any other bell peppers I've personally tried, either hybrid or OP. I get the seeds from Totally Tomatoes.

Yeah, this heat and drought is something else! Just unreal.

[rnewste]

Ted,

Our HIGH today was 78. Rest of the week is forecasted to be in the upper 70's. While nice to sit out in mid-day, we normally are hitting 95 in August. Your fire danger must really be off the charts.

Raybo