Tomatoes flowering and ripening in the drought, 100 + degrees, with hand watering , in Austin Area, Central Texas, Hill Country

Whoa it’s been hot. With the temperatures reaching above 105 degrees gardening can be daunting. Thankfully my tomatoes are still producing. I figured that after the wet spring and the sudden spike of over 100 degrees with no rain for over a month, my tomatoes would burn up like in years before.

This year something changed. After a few years of sustainable gardening, using my duck’s manure, using fallen leaves from the trees in our garden, after the last 2 years of using compost from our weed clippings and fruit / vegetable egg shell leftovers processed from our worm farm and adding it to our garden, today I am happy to experience a garden still producing tomatoes after hand watering daily in 100 + degree temperatures during a Central Texas drought.