Easy HEAT WAVE Solution: Do This NOW to Save Your Garden!

It only takes one heat wave to ruin a summer garden! I've become an expert at protecting plants from heat in my long, hot summers, and I'm sharing these heat protection tips with you. Whether you need to protect a garden during a heat wave or need help with plant protection all summer, this easy solution will keep your garden thriving. Don't lose plants to a heat wave, and do this now to save your garden!

The purpose of this video is to INSPIRE you. These solutions can be tailored to any garden, anywhere. My brutal summers used to kill my garden by August, but now, my summer garden crops produce until frost in November. These heat wave protection methods really work, and you can have a thriving summer garden no matter where you live.

The following videos will help protect plants from heat waves:
• How to Build a PVC Hoop House: https://youtu.be/81ri2YEBNZc?si=ryXicUHMGkDrtU6q
• How to Install Drip Irrigation: https://youtu.be/soQa3-z6V5I?si=TXqf7AJFM4LfHhvY
• All Drip Irrigation Videos: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1gY7BoYBGIHHHsx0JPcYgD4xXzA96usL&si=Kz-8DgyHAwdWjWK9
• How I Built My Covered Garden: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1gY7BoYBGIHMf0bVzDMprnX-CazSKZL6&si=T724QM-6w1-2OOz-

• I use the following products* to protect gardens from heat:
Shade Cloth: https://amzlink.to/az01boLJy9JNI
1/8" Wire Rope w/Cutters: https://amzlink.to/az0HL27sflPvh
Turnbuckle & Attachment Kit: https://amzlink.to/az0urdIahwIjr
Wire Rope Attachment Kit: https://amzlink.to/az0Wo1r0OCJ4o
2" Carabiners (60 PCS): https://amzlink.to/az0jj3c9CB97D
Eye Bolts: https://amzlink.to/az0gXSgJLyQqM
Greenhouse Tarps: https://amzlink.to/az0nV3lZjghn4
Insect + Shade Netting: https://amzlink.to/az0dBnNuXk8sK
Insect Netting: https://amzlink.to/az0ZdeiIJWHMw
Row Cover, 1.5oz/yd, 10x30FT: https://amzlink.to/az09JmFkSWHQS
PVC Clamps (1/2 in): https://amzlink.to/az0Ju0pmclcsZ
Drip Line, 6" Emitter Spacing: https://amzlink.to/az0X5pUELvjQE
Fertilizer Injector: https://amzlink.to/az0utUfNF8bhD
Grow Bags: https://amzlink.to/az0KMZlDtD9uY
Alaska Fish Fertilizer [5-1-1]: https://amzlink.to/az0FwrU8QjSg9
Organic All Purpose Fertilizer (4lb): https://amzlink.to/az0NEXxtNzgpp
Espoma PlantTone [5-3-3] (50lb): https://amzlink.to/az0dh0dYaye1l
Organic Bone Meal (8lb): https://amzlink.to/az05b9eediHpy
Crab & Lobster Shell Meal (4lb): https://amzlink.to/az0LtijP1fn7p
Azomite Trace Minerals (44lb): https://amzlink.to/az0iu3dLSptN7
Jack's All Purpose [20-20-20] (25lb): https://amzlink.to/az0F6FgxdhKjO
•• Full Amazon Store: https://amzlink.to/az0yli4Cz0iXX

TABLE OF CONTENTS
0:00 Protecting Gardens From Heat
0:54 Step 1: Shade Cloth
1:33 • Easy: Installing Shade Cloth over PVC
2:29 • Better: Installing Shade Cloth with Aerial Cables
4:05 Overhead Shade Sail Install Tutorial
8:24 • Best: Installing A Shade Roof
9:15 REAL RESULTS You Must See to Believe
12:23 Step 2: Mulching for Cooler Soil
15:39 The Bunny Saga Continues & My First Fig!
16:14 Step 3: Irrigation Install
18:21 Why EVERYONE Needs Shade Cloth: The Science
22:14 Adventures With Dale

If you have any questions about gardening during heat waves or hot summers, growing a vegetable garden at home, how to grow fruit trees or the things I grow in my raised bed vegetable garden and edible landscaping food forest, are looking for more gardening tips and tricks and garden hacks, have questions about vegetable gardening and organic gardening in general, or want to share DIY and "how to" garden tips and gardening hacks of your own, please leave a comment!

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Zone 8B, 34.1°N Latitude

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