The heat and humidity have made me create some shade for my planters. Used landscape fabric for that purpose. Also have had an additional watering per day. There are now several green tomatoes in various stages of development The first tomato is just about starting to turn red. The roses which were pruned way back about a month ago now have buds forming. And the flower buds on the four o’clocks are starting to show some color. That will be exciting when they flower!
I often have to use shade in the afternoon, but not really this year. We’ve had a few scorchers, but not of terribly long periods-unusual for here, and in line with cooler weather patterns of the 1970s.