The constant heat requiresd me to to be creative to complete shading the garden and look for more heat tolerant plants for succession planting. #selfsufficiency #blackeyedpeas #successionplanting #gardeningintheheat
Fabulous tutorial. I have done this with pvc and rebar on a raised bed and then ran chicken wire over the whole hoop. Planted cukes on one side- tomatoes on the other and bok choy and beets underneath. I love your voice narration, btw.
I really like the chicken wire idea!! I was just doing stuff on the fly to save my veggies from the sun and heat and the rebar was already there so why not use it.
Thanks for sharing this idea ,i also planted some black eyed peas with some corn but only three survived.. but i will be planting more.. new friend here from Growing My Own.
Glad I just happened to come across your channel. I was dealing with this issue today, I had purchased a 4x50ft privacy fence shade two years ago that I never used. So I dragged it out today and it was a struggle in the heat trying to figure out how I was going to drape it. As I was trying to set it up, I noticed how much heat it held not sure if that is going to be a good idea with how I was going to place it. I am going to get some pvc today, thanks for sharing.
You are too funny🤣 I know I'm a McKenzie but I also understand why you guys have those heavy wood tartans. FL is a hot house during the summer but come fall you are glad to be here. 🤣😂
Thanks for the update. There heat finally made it up to Boston this week and my tomatoes and peppers are loving it. I am curious if our peppers might benefit from some shading too
They love it if it is for a day or two but once it goes on day after day they become stressed. The shading has saved my garden because the sun is just too intense.
@@CherrieMcKenzie Well I guess we are motivating each other, because this video LITERALLY gave me the added fire 🔥 that I needed to get my land & greenhouse in order! 👍🏾... Keep it up
I have a sprinkler system and a hand wand but I've ordered a drip watering system so we will see how that goes. This is the second year for the collards. Someone thought they were tree collards but I think they are a hybrid because they just said "collards" at the nursery . Either way, they just keep growing. 😅
I considered that but I've gotten used to eating out of the backyard. Switching over to the more heat tolerate plants I mentioned has definitely helped along with the shading. The blackeyed peas came up the day after I planted them.
