Our Plants are Growing in the Alabama Heat

June in North Alabama has been hot this year as it usually is. We are trying to water our plants every evening so that the water can absorb into the soil overnight instead of it evaporating in the heat every day. When it is 98 degrees or so in the shade, it can be rough on our plants.


We have planted most of my parent’s garden at this point. I think we’ll still plant another roll or two. So far, we have planted tomatoes, squash, pink eyed purple hull peas, banana peppers, green bell peppers, more Dixie butterpeas, Alabama black butter beans, spinach, cucumbers, and two rolls of corn. If the crows and other critters will stay away, we might actually have a good garden over at their house. They already have pears growing.


The soil in my parent’s garden is very different from the soil in ours even though we only live about five miles away. My dad and mom’s garden soil is somewhat on the sandy side while ours is very rocky. The more rocks we get out of the garden, the more seem to be there the next time we go water or work in the garden. Plants will still grow in our rocky soil so that’s okay.


Well, I hope everyone is enjoying their summer and the opportunity to grow God’s bounty. If you have the opportunity, you could visit www.sheconsiders.com. They are having a contest called From Seeds to Harvest on the website.