Today I'm going to bring you along as I prep my gardens with a 3" layer of mulch. This will keep the moisture in the soil for a longer period of time. I also share my Sunflower garden and my zinnia garden.
So happy I found you! I’ve been looking for gardening RU-vids in our area. We had a shady yard for 35+yrs and downsized to full sun so I’m learning all over again! We are closer to the coast so humid but still have 100+ temps most summers and droughts. Thank you so much. Lonnie aka Cleocat
I'm so happy I found this channel I live in the part of Texas that has a lot of limestone with little soil and was starting to feel so defeated. I've gained a lot of good knowledge and now I'm feeling more confident. Thank you!!
Love your garden ❤️ I am happy to found you. I am staring to be more active in the garden. My husband and I just build a greenhouse. We are in San Antonio and we are always struggling with the heat and deciding what to plant. We just got the book you recommended. Also I appreciate when you write on the screen the name of the plant of your garden. Thank you for your time🌸
Beautiful looking garden and great video on maintaining a garden during a heat wave. We mulch the flowerbeds every March with homemade compost. We water the plants with watering cans and we water the fifty eight containers of perennials and annuals with a watering can. We have a lot of drought tolerant plants in the flowerbeds and in the containers. Two years ago we had two weeks of weather in the high eighties which was the hottest on record here in Ireland
Oh my gosh, why didnt I think of splitting my mulch bags in half. Genius! I'm mulching right now. I do the same things before going out, even if I look dorky. Loving your channel.
I'm really enjoying your videos. I live just East of Dallas, so I know this Texas heat. I grow many of the same plants and flowers that you are growing! I have drip irrigation. I love it but sometimes get too much water in some areas and not enough in others. It's definitely an art!
We start water restrictions starting July 1, but it’s mostly for lawns. Hand watering is ok everyday. We definitely have challenges! I plant non natives mostly in pots and I have the most luck with Pentas and Angelonia, but surprisingly coleus and caladiums do well in the shade. Glad I found you last summer! Waco
We live in Texas in the DFW area, and never have we been told to not water. The restrictions we get are that everything has to be hand watered or on drip lines, and it has to be very early in the morning or in the evening (so a certain time of day). So hearing you say that you're only allowed to water once a week I'm like 🤯. How is anything supposed to survive. Also please don't be apologetic for watering your babies, when I see these big box stores wasting water through their busted sprinklers and the the city doesn't say anything than it's fair game for everyone else. Your garden is beautiful. Don't forget your cold neck gel pads. Those are amazing to have on hand.
Thank you for this video!❤ I loved it! 8a, W. TN. It is too hot for me now, so when your vid popped up, I watched and loved! How are your zinnias so clean? Blackeyed Susans, too... ? My leaves always have spots. I always water at the base, never overhead; still the spots are there always. You inspired me to cut some zinnias for a vase. Thank You. ❤
Use a little Neem oil on your Zinnias for black spots. But don't worry, the spots aren't nice to look at, but they don't harm the plant. Also, a layer of shredded cedar mulch keeps the plants cleaner.
Wow, you have to be a dedicated gardener to deal with that type of heat. I used cedar mulch last year and found that it became "matted" together and formed a hard crust on top. I put it in my potted flowerpots. Maybe it's supposed to do that?
I agree that it becomes matted together. I break it up occasionally, but normally I just enjoy the barrier it adds to the soil. You could switch to Hardwood Cedar mulch. This would solve that problem.
Im curious where you are that says ZERO watering. I've been in central TX for 20 years and never been under restrictions of zero watering. There is always an exception for food gardens. 🤷♀️
Most of the time we're allowed to water once a week. Last year, Leander had to replace pipe at the main Brushy Creek water station and we weren't allowed to water at all for 2 months! It was horrible. That's when I bought a rain barrel.
I'm in Hutto, TX. Do you find the water being too hot in your drip system being that's it's on top of the ground? I'm about to install my own system but thought I'd need to bury it. Thanks in advance!
It probably gets very hot on top of the ground. I haven't noticed plants dying yet. But, good point! 90% of my tubing is buried under the mulch where I believe it would be cooler.
