"Zoot" wrote in message
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"FarmI" ask@itshall be given wrote in message
"Zoot" wrote in message

I don't have any problems on which I need to seek advice and I'm sure
no-one is interested in the state of my compost or what my sweet peas
are doing. There has to be some sort of reason to post.

I'm envious!

:-)) Well, if it's any consolation, I'm envious of all you mob living
in the Northern hemisphere as winter draws on here but you lot are all
writing about your spring and how things are doing.

And when that happens, there are a lot of you doing the same thing.
There are only a few of us here who live in the Southern hemisphere who
post here regulalry so you have lots more company than we do.

Living in zone 8A in central Texas. I have to be careful when reading
posts here with gardening/lawn advice as most don't apply to my area.
You don't have to live in another hemisphere to experience this. I will
have to bring in my home-grown lemon tree in a pot soon.
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I lived in Las Vegas for 15 years. My peach trees grew like crazy! Basil
exploded out of the ground. Mint takes over anywhere it finds water. But
squash? Eggplants? Peppers? I could never get them to survive July and
August. When the temp hit 120, half of my garden died and I eventually
gave up.

I've found that some shade cloth draped over the plants gives them enogh
protection to survive. It doesn't seem to be the temperature that does for
them, it seems to be the savageness of the sun's rays.