By Mary Jo Baur
After several days of close to record-breaking heat, we, along with our plants, are heat-stressed. About all we can do for our gardens is to make sure they have enough water. My front yard has automatic sprinklers that take care of the lawn, but don't really hit my foundation plantings, so I give them some extra water. The back side of my house is south-west facing, so it has been baking the last few days. I have had to water the containers on my deck twice a day. If you have plants in containers, you can help them by moving them into the shade to help conserve moisture. Most plants growing in the ground have developed deep root systems (we hope) to draw on the water in the soil. The grass out back may get a bit brown, but you may have noticed over the years, brown grass is not usually dead, just in a dormant state in the heat of the summer and will get green again in the cooler weather of fall.
Do what you can to keep yourself and your plants cool and hydrated in this weather.
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