Comments on: Finding relief from the heat http://blog.blithewold.org/weather/finding-relief-from-heat/ a garden journal about public garden maintenance, seasonal tasks, garden events, stories about gardening, volunteers, flowers, bugs and wildlife Sun, 19 May 2013 12:25:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Digital Flower http://blog.blithewold.org/weather/finding-relief-from-heat/comment-page-1/#comment-12474 Digital Flower Thu, 18 Aug 2011 11:12:11 +0000 http://blog.blithewold.org/?p=5403#comment-12474 I have to admit I like full sun gardening the best. Although shade is starting to creep in a bit these days. Since we are watering and feeding the landscape plants the big shade trees seem to like it too. I have found an irrigation system is a good way to cool off too. Not playing under the sprinklers but the cool water seems to just add a freshness to the plants and air. <em>DF, You're right about the coolness of irrigation. It washes off the dust of drought and just knowing the plants aren't as thirsty as I feel makes me feel less thirsty. (Does that make sense?) -kris</em> I have to admit I like full sun gardening the best. Although shade is starting to creep in a bit these days. Since we are watering and feeding the landscape plants the big shade trees seem to like it too. I have found an irrigation system is a good way to cool off too. Not playing under the sprinklers but the cool water seems to just add a freshness to the plants and air.

DF, You’re right about the coolness of irrigation. It washes off the dust of drought and just knowing the plants aren’t as thirsty as I feel makes me feel less thirsty. (Does that make sense?) -kris

]]> By: Susan Sims http://blog.blithewold.org/weather/finding-relief-from-heat/comment-page-1/#comment-12354 Susan Sims Mon, 25 Jul 2011 01:17:39 +0000 http://blog.blithewold.org/?p=5403#comment-12354 I'm moving ever more towards a shade garden. We never experience the kind of humidity the east does, so on the hottest days, it is consistently 10 degrees cooler in the shade than in the sun; with a breeze, it can get to 15. However, a dry climate means that growing under shade is even more tricky as mature shade trees will take up most of the surface water. If you want other things to grow, you need to irrigate. I do wish I could have a bit more sun in some spots, but I'm growing more fond of the shady areas. <em>Susan, No doubt about it - dry shade is about the trickiest of all. But I bet everyone on the eastern seaboard would trade the humidity for extra-extra dry shade challenges right now! -kris</em> I’m moving ever more towards a shade garden. We never experience the kind of humidity the east does, so on the hottest days, it is consistently 10 degrees cooler in the shade than in the sun; with a breeze, it can get to 15. However, a dry climate means that growing under shade is even more tricky as mature shade trees will take up most of the surface water. If you want other things to grow, you need to irrigate. I do wish I could have a bit more sun in some spots, but I’m growing more fond of the shady areas.

Susan, No doubt about it – dry shade is about the trickiest of all. But I bet everyone on the eastern seaboard would trade the humidity for extra-extra dry shade challenges right now! -kris

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