Summer already?

[CrazyConure]

It's been REALLY hot for the past 2 days! My herbs are really taking a beating with this heat, so I moved them to a much more shady spot.

What are your favorite crops to grow in the summer? I need some inspiration so I can take advantage of all this heat.

 

[johnny canoe]

I have to say, tomatoes, tomatoes, and more tomatoes. Every few years I will grow melons, which can be very rewarding.

 

[LIcenter]

The only veggies I'll be growing this year are two patio tomato plants.

 

[roadrunner]

Don't confuse "heat" with sun rays. Some of my plants, including tomatoes, are called full-sun loving plants, but they can't handle full-sun conditions here and you live even further south, i.e. the sun rays are even more powerful.

Sunflowers do well with all day Florida sun.

 

[johnny canoe]

Even here on the edge of the Great Plains our summer sun is intense and Tomatoes like a shade cloth for a few hours in the afternoons.