Video: Summertime Vegetable Garden Tips

Now that the temperatures are creeping up, it’s time for a video on summertime vegetable garden tips. I’m primarily talking about the types of things we can do to protect our plants from the heat.

I cover all sorts of helpful topics for this one:

• Watering tips
• Mulching the soil for some very good reasons
• Using shade cloth to protect certain types of vegetable crops
• Why some crops bolt to seed and what that means
• Choosing heat-tolerant varieties if your summers are getting hotter
• Protecting vegetables that you’re growing in containers
• The importance of monitoring your garden on a regular (preferably daily) basis
• Why you need sun protection!

We gardeners need to keep in mind that plants’ needs change with the seasons. That’s why I thought a video for summertime vegetable garden tips would be helpful. And especially so if you’re new to growing vegetables.

This has been a particularly frustrating growing season. That’s because we’re been dealing with unusual cold snaps. While some plants are growing great, others are struggling. You’ll get to see how everything is doing in next week’s video.

In the meantime, here is this week’s video:

Just in case you didn’t know it, I have over 500 videos on my YouTube channel! (I know, how did that happen?!) You can search for specific topics by clicking on the magnifying glass to the right of “Playlists.” If you want to search for a specific gardening topic, such as vegetable gardening, just click on that playlist.