Cyn Cady
Yes , I would very much like to circumvent the heat , preferably with a big joint . It ’s been over 100 grade F for days and solar day now , and I ’m pretty much over it . My new drip system is struggling to keep up , and The Girls are lie down on the porch in the “ tint ” ( where it ’s still 100 degrees , only slightly gloomy ) , gasp . Have you ever fancy a chicken pant ? It ’s weird .
The biggest problem with addressing a heating plant wave is that I have to go outside and beinsaid passion undulation . In my niche of the woods , heat like this is rare , so no one has air conditioning , but by fold and covering all the window and restrict activity to rolling over on the couch , one can stay relatively nerveless . But someone has to deal with the seven gasp volaille and all those droop plants , so out into the blast furnace I go . At least I have an excuse to don my new mammoth horticulture hat .
The Chickens
The girl are my first precedency . Heat is approximate for chickens . By allow them out of their coop , they can seek umbrageous , cooler point , like the garage or up under the deck . But if I involve to keep them confined , I have a couple of tricks that seem to facilitate them keep their coolheaded .
The Garden
The garden is a bit easier . The drip organisation seems to be pay a mulct , early morning soaking ( Mr. Drippy gets up at 5:30 a.m. , well before the sun is fully up ) , but , specially in the raised beds , by midafternoon thing are already jolly ironic . So as soon as the Sunday dips enough so it ’s not knock down down , I give everything another round of golf of watering by hand . I did n’t use mulch this class , as last year it served as a concealing office for all kinds of critters I did n’t want around . However , if I lived in an area where uttermost summertime heat was a constant , I would definitely be mulching to keep things cool and moist .
In my garden , there ’s a gravid orchard apple tree tree just outside the fence , and I engraft the veg with grim high temperature tolerance in its specter . If I did n’t have the Malus pumila tree , I could use the same “ old livid sheet ” technique ( without wetting it ) to make a shadiness canopy for the most sensitive industrial plant .
Luckily , after three or maybe four days of 100 - point - plus conditions , the good ol’ coastal fog rolls in and cools everything down , sometimes by 30 degrees or more . This is excellent , as I can rest easy knowing my plants and chickens are not overheating , and it allows me to complain about something new : It ’s too muddy ! It ’s too inhuman ! I have no excuse to wear my new gigantic hat !
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