So many garden channels do not tell you what zone that they are in. And I have to try to figure it out as I'm watching and see if they are is any value in what they filmed for me. It's so refreshing that you introduce yourself and you tell everyone exactly where you are and what zone you're in. I'm in Youngtown Arizona about an hour from you and I'm in 9B

It's good to know it wasn't my inexperience that was making my peppers suffer. The most baffling plant I grew this summer was a tomato plant that was next to a buried clay pot instead on on the hose line. I was experimenting with different ways to save water. This plant did not get consistent watering since I planted it, but it is the largest tomato plant and produced the most tomatoes.

Peoria AZ here. My Thai basil (and strangely enough, a gardenia plant) is the only survivor through this heat, but it’s living its best life 🪴 My patio faces true north, so it gets a lot of direct sun in spring and summer and little to no direct sun in fall and winter. Looking into finding flowers and crop plants that will do well in that environment in containers. Thanks for your great videos! I’m new to your channel but have already learned quite a bit.

Love that gardening gives us a fresh start twice a year in the low desert of AZ. Couldn’t help but notice the exceptional camera work and editing. Thanks!

I planted Sesame after watching a previous video of yours, I had a hard time getting seeds to survive, but realized I was over watering, now I have some healthy 5 foot tall black sesame doing well, thank you!

In the worst of the heat my peppers and eggplant shut down so I covered them with 50% shade cloth and now they're lush + green, pest free and producing again (South Louisiana 9b). My summer champion in addition to okra and basil is Asian long beans - they have various names and types. ONE BEAN trained on a trellis produces like crazy and goes well into the fall. You just have to remember to pick when it's no thicker than a pencil for haricot vert type flavor (except nuttier) and texture. If they get larger you can open them up and eat the beans inside - I use them raw in salads. Two more heat champs are shiso (perilla) and wild arugula - both will jazz up your salads when lettuce won't grow and you're forced to buy some from the grocery.

You have such a beautiful garden. I don;t know how you keep the plants from just burning up. This year with no rain and such high heat it's been hard to keep anything alive including well established trees.

Angela, I just moved to Arizona and your videos are invaluable to me. Thank you for sharing your experience. I also love that you pack so much information into each video and they are very succinct, without a lot of blah, blah/fluff. All the best to you!

You have planted a lovely variety in your garden. Yes this year was tough in Arizona and even though I am higher, 5500 feet it was brutal. Between what little moisture we got, including hail, the sun fried everything including the sweet potatoes so I trellised them with arched wire panels. They ended up saving themselves along with watering twice a day. Now I look forward to fall and winter greens and plants. I will miss the fresh okra, but I’ve frozen a lot cause they did wonderfully. Thank you for your videos they really are inspiring!❤️ from South of Sonoita.

58 of the last 60 days have been 100+ degrees -- yep, hot summer. My sweet potatoes (purple, lilac, and beauregard) did well as did my Longevity Spinach (Gynura procumbens) which actually tastes more like Romain to me and I used it for sandwiches. Thanks for your informative videos!

Your videos are remarkable. The content, filming… editing Just ALL of it 🌱

Your video is very helpful. I am in Arizona as well and learning what works in this crazy heat. Do you have a link for that seed starting tray? It looks like it will last for years.

In your videos I see lots of dark green, green plants creating SHADE. Glad you can do that . I decided to end it all for my last survivor, a bell pepper whose larges fruit was less than 1.5 inches across. Hope it made a difference in the compost bin. But right now, busy with my 10 raised beds, getting water involved everyday, a lot of dried out soil, do a couple of beds everyday before the heat. Noticing we are due a few more 110°+ days in the next few weeks, Grrrr!

This was an excellent video, Angela! Love these longer format ones and seeing you in action like the seed starting and planting. So well produced, too. Nice job 👍

I tried soil blocks this season for the first time because I was tired of my plastic seed trays getting brittle and cracking in the heat. Not to mention injuring the tiny roots when I dug them out. I've noticed that the blocks dry out faster but for the most part I think I will continue doing the blocks. I put them in baking trays from the dollar store and just water a bit more.Thank you for your videos. They do help a lot!

woah look at that image quality upgrade!

Sorry you had such a hot Summer! We're in Colorado and it was an unusually cool summer. I think it got to 99 twice, and we used to see in the low 100's quite often.

I’m so excited to have found your videos. I live in a 9b zone is South Africa so your advice is perfect for me. I started veg growing last year and have realised our seasons are not the classic 4 people generally plan around.

I think everyone's garden struggled this year in Arizona. My lemon tree that I've had for 3 years died. I lose a few nopales too. All my peppers died and I didn't see a point in planting anything because it was already so far into the season. I am looking forward to the fall and winter. I've already planted new peppers and some tomatoes and I even planted some basil and zucchini that have started sprouting. I am feeling very hopeful for the winter.

Hi Angela, great show! I love your channel. My husband and I were gone for nine weeks - when we came home there were a variety of seven beautiful 2 foot tall basil plants. I’ve already made pesto and I’m looking forward to sharing seeds. Thanks again for all your Information and garden love!

Thank you for sharing your garden and all of your tips. I especially love the composting basket and flower support mesh. I live in zone 9b SW Florida, and this weekend, May 4th, 2024, I'm putting in 2 raised beds for flowers. I am also growing cantalope and sugarbaby watermelons. The cantalope is already being attacked by melon worms, so we'll see if they survive the heat. I love your garden Angela, and I learn so much from your channel.

TY so much for this video. I’ve learned quite a bit. You may have covered this in another video, I will look for it for sure, but can you share how you shred cardboard? Thanks so much for the vermi-composting idea. ❤

I am in Phx. My eggplant also survived the heat but did not bloom. I noticed new blooms getting ready to open. Hope the provide fruit as things cool down. Thanks for your videos!

I’m in Portland Oregon zone 8B. My most successful crop were my yellow bush tomatoes. I literally have hundreds of them. Very delicious.

I'm in Tucson. I had two tomato plants survive. Anna's Noir and chef's choice black. All my sweet peppers made it. Pimento and the delight series from hoss tools. Watermelons are struggling but I think I'll get a good fall crop. Sweet potatoes are doing well. I planted top pick pink eye peas. They are kicking ass and I should get a good harvest.

Your videos are especially help because I live in your area. Thank you so much!

My summer champion was okra. My eggplant began flowering 2 weeks ago but no fruit has set yet. Peppers, beans and tomatoes all died. And something ate my cucumber, zucchini and melon plants. Very disappointing summer for gardening.

What a great video Angela! You have been a wonderful resource of knowledge in my garden zone. Champions in my garden grapes, lemon grass, clematis and orange trees.

Your garden is absolutely stunning! Loved this tour! 😍❤️

This video was loaded with 💎💎💎!💐 Thank you 😊

Love your videos! So beautiful!

Thank you so much for this video! It is so great to see what you do and how you do it. I appreciate the time you took to share this information with us!

hello from India. very greenery in your garden🌱🌳🌴🌲😊👍👍

I’ve been following your videos for a while and the production value of this one is really top notch. So much good content! As for what did well in my garden (it was very hot here in Texas too) my basil was also incredible - it always is! Blue Daze evolvulus also took the heat like a champ, provided lovely ground cover, and true blue flowers. Celosia is always a trooper too. ❤️

Fantastic video.

Rosella Purple is my favorite dwarf tomato so far. The flavor is amazing. The only problem is my hot & humid summers, which bring lots of fungal & disease issues. My tomatoes rarely survive August.

Absolutely beautiful. That luffa trellis arch is so cool. I completely agree about hands in the dirt.

This video was so helpful, thank you for sharing all the details and making it so beautiful!

Great tips for composting thank you

What a beautiful well -done video with a plethora of very useful information. WELL-DONE Angela, thank you !!!

Yes! All my roselle got beat up by the wind last year. Supports this year for sure!

I’m glad you talked about Roselle, I had to go transplant mine since I planted them 3 feet apart. thank you for the info. I received your seed labels and am excited to put them on my seed containers .

Great Video. Thank you. Forney, TX

I lost track of how many plants died, but it was a lot. I kept replacing them with black-eyed peas, which have done very well. My sorghum is thriving right now. Roselle has been a champ and is starting to have a few first flowers. My newest tree this summer was a neem tree. I got it as a 3' tall bitty guy a few months ago and is taller than me now. That tree loves full sun. I can't wait for it to shade my garden and provide green mulch for my plants.

This is the video I needed in my life! Im in Phoenix and basil is pretty much all I have left. Already started seeds for the fall! Thanks for all you do Angela!!! 🌱 🌞

Beautiful and very, very intelligent! Thank you ~

Beautiful job on your garden and this video! I really loved you taking us along and showing us around the way you did this time. I always enjoy your videos, but this one was different, very enjoyable.

I've been following your channel for a little bit. Definitely didn't lose as many this year as in previous years. Having mulch all over the ground really helped. Thank you for your inspiration.

Many ideas and a healthy dose of hope! Thank you Angela😊 We had an unusually wet and cool summer all over Europe; in Slovenia where I live, beans, cucumbers and zucchini were thriving, tomatos not so much. Since winters are getting milder, I benefit from autumn crops, especially all sorts of radicchio.

Awesome video! I definitely need to try roselle with my sweet potatoes now! Thanks for a video with tons of gold nuggets of info! 🎉❤

Great video as always! Will be trying the black sesame this year. Another bonus to starting seeds indoors: you can plant extras & give them away.

Hey Angela, love the wire mesh bin you are using for your vermiculture. Where did you find them?

Nor cal here 8b9a, Armenian cucs and green beans are my stars this year , peppers are decent , tomatoes terrible as usual here. Had some mildly hot weather , not much over 100 and not for very long. Spring sown beets have done great as well. Thank you for your very informative videos, always learn a lot here!

You seem SO much more relaxed and natural in recent videosLess stiff, less like reading off a script. Brava!

It being a hot summer was an understatement!

In Sun City West only sweet and purple basil, one Serrano pepper plant, lemongrass, sweet potato, spearmint, eggplant and Jasmine survived the evil summer. No fruiting, just survived. Thank you so much for sharing what survived in your garden way down south😂

My eggplant started great, got early fruits, but none during the summer. I love okra, especially fried okra. Mine have truly struggled this year, I didn't get much. 😢

I have enjoyed this video the most of any videos I have seen in my recent memory. So much good information not too short and could have watch much longer. Thank you for all of the good information and showing the steps. Need one of those nets and the tool for making the hole which I think you called a divet. Thank you

An excellent video Angela, thank you. I agree with others that the production is top notch as well. I am in a dry urban part of Australia and so your videos are very relevant. I would love to do your in bed vermi composting but we have to fine mesh the bases of our compost bins (we don’t put any animal products in them) to avoid encouraging rats!😂

You setup is amazing! I'm in Chandler and my tomatoes didn't do well. Planted some kale and lettuce today. This is my first fall trying to plant greens. Hoping for the best.

This video is the most helpful one I have watched. The detail and the acknowledgment of the extreme heat is so helpful; and makes me feel like we are in the same "game." While my experience is much less, it is nice to see the good and bad of this crazy hot summer. So appreciative of the details and insight you offer. And glad to see that others experience the same problems. Thank you so much! This video is the very best! Also, I have tomato starts - when do you think it will be time to plant them outside?

Here in the UK we are having a spot of hot weather, great to see how you deals with it. 🏖

Luffas do so well here in AZ it’s wild. Mine have taken over my back wall and I’ve already got foot long luffas growing back there. The bees love them too.

I am also in Mesa and had about 8 tomato plants this year, and one by one they died. The last one died just as it was fruiting. It was very discouraging, but I feel better knowing that it wasn't me this time. I have a question: I've heard about mulch having chemicals that destroy the soil for years. How can I tell that the mulch is safe? I don't see anything on the package stating one way or the other what it contains. Is there a place I can buy good mulch in Mesa?

Had a loofah plant that went 2 seasons but it looked terrible from the aphids so I took it out. Planted a new one this spring in a different area and it started off great than died this summer so no Loofahs this year! Love your videos! Thank you!

Only my marigolds, basil, rosemary, and oregano made it near San Antonio. No veggies made it. We’ve beat our record 100 days in a year by almost 15 days now. Still going. 😢

Im in mesa too😊

Thank you for the lovely video! What survived in my garden was roses, basil, jalapeño peppers, and flowers. My lisianthus made it until part way through August. My cantaloupe and zucchini died prematurely due to me not catching spider mites. Next year I’m thinking of spraying Neem oil monthly as a preventative but I’m concerned it might hurt beneficial insects. What is your experience with this? I also lost the 2nd flush of baby cantaloupe and watermelon to a ground squirrel! The trap I tried for trap and release was the wrong one (Squirreligator). I plan to try a different kind next year. My hollyhock transplants all grew (heat? what heat?) so I’ll be planting more by seed soon.

Basil and chocolate mint were my only summer garden survivors here in Phoenix. The basil is doing great and the mint is tiny, but seems strong. I didn't anchor my shade structure well enough - the frame and all went right over the fence during one of the big haboobs and I have yet to repair it!

Early blight has been new to me in central CA after lots of late spring rain. Eek! Poor tomato plants look pretty sad going into the hot days of summer. My tomatoes won’t be amazing this year.

My best producer was Armenian cucumbers. I have never grown them before but was pleasantly surprised at how well they grew in 100+ temps

My lemon lime and amethyst basil's grew well. So did some of my armenian cucumbers, tomatillos, roselle hibiscus, a d okra.

I have an accidental cross of Delicato Squash and probably a yellow zuchinni or crookneck thst went absolutely nuts growing out of the beds at what seems like a foot or so a day on each runner. Overwhelmed the melons and even nearby tomatoes which is on me, but they're surprisingly tasty and prolific although as of last week powdery mildew showed up along with an army of aphids going after the weakened vines. In around a month I'll be putting fast growing greens in, the average first hard freeze here is from the middle of December to Early January but came more than a month early last year and my Cannabis Sativa had just made it under the wire,

So much great info in this video. Thank you ! How do you avoid fungus gnats with your indoor seedlings?

Great video as always. Thank you for sharing. This type of video is super applicable and helpful! I don't suppose you have any suggestions for flowers that tolerate the heat but also will flower in partial to full shade? My house faces north and the beds there are sad and pathetic as they get, at most, an hour or two of sun. I'm in Houston Tx. My basil also did very well. I have Genovese and Thai. The Genovese is being weirdly resistant to flowering even though I've completely ignored a couple of the plants for over a month (except for watering) - I want to save seeds! The Thai basil flowered quickly and looks amazing; the bees love it. The oregano is doing great as well and I've been harvesting and drying tons of it. Additionally, I have Malabar spinach, green shiso, and longevity spinach which have all done very well in the heat - though I'm not totally in love with any of them as a substitute for real spinach. I have some New Zealand spinach and Perpetual spinach that are still very small that were just transferred outside recently; I will taste test them too. Supposedly both do well in hot weather; they certainly took off over the last two weeks and it's been very gross out there. I'm hoping it stays cool enough that I get a crop of real spinach this year! I have some tomatoes that are under 50% shade cloth that were planted about a month ago, when I was foolishly hoping it would cool down soon, but they seem to be tolerating it! I had a lot of flower drop at first but some are holding on. Particularly the Yellow Patio Choice have a bunch of flowers and are starting to form fruit. I have some Little Napoli plants that are growing huge but haven't produced flowers yet. I have a bunch of other determinates that I will be planting in raised beds this weekend.

You know, I thought I was the only one. But I had some tomatoes and I can't remember the variety but a lot of my pair and more medium sized tomatoes which is what I usually plant in the beginning of the summer they produced and then throughout the summer, it didn't matter what I did when I fed them I added a cover because I too live in Arizona, and they just nothing My pear tomatoes produced in the beginning and a medium size tomato produced as well eggplants throughout the whole summer but my peppers they're just now starting to produce they look beautiful but I'm glad I'm not the only one that felt that particular pain. But my chickens are doing awesome.

South Florida here. We certainly had rain, but the heat was pretty bad this year, in fact, many counties hit all time highs. Things that did well for me even with little to no care

You’re living the dream! 🥹🥹🥹 Currently I’m in a 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown Phoenix with a kitchen windowsill and a patio. I just started growing some herbs and sugar cane so far. My dream and goal is one day to have a homestead just like yours!! ❤️

It’s funny I said it again and again ..fall has been better for me 🌱

Fantastic informative video!! Love your green apron. Where may I obtain one? Love the vermi-compost bins in each bed. I have a stacked tray type bin but this is genius. Carry on sista. You are an excellent teacher ❤

What a beautiful video Angela. Is that a new camera you are using. May I ask what kind? My summer garden champions were sweet potato and basil. I have a couple of corn stalks in grow bags that I just hand pollinated (wish me luck). Thanks for sharing your garden.

Oh the heat burnt out my bean plants

Surprise AZ: My basil made it. My strawberries did runners but leaves are not dark green, zucchini grew but no fruit and my berry bushes grew finally!

I had my White Basil since March went through hell with the heatwaves so as my Asian Red Basil it thrived. My Basil its leaves is almost as big as your hands no kidding lol. I kept it pruned, I pruned and threw Bone meal in the midst of 118 degrees for experimental it seems to love that. Now I have way too much of Basil. I water it 2x daily morning and evening. My Bok Choy and Zinnia are germinating as I speak, again I am experimenting trying to see if Sept is best to plant them. My Eggplant and Cucumber hasn't germinated yet. I fine the big bulbs Zinnia will droop when it gets hot out Vs the skinny Zinnia it bloomed and bulbs daily. All from seeds. Among many more I have comes back from last year.

Super cool! Very impressive. Only wish you had a low-cost tips to start a garden in AZ (.

I love your seed starting grid table. Where did you find it? Or what products did you use to assemble it? I grow flowers in the CA high desert. My champions have been zinnias, dahlias, yarrow, verbena and echinacea. I love how many unique plant supports you use and always look forward to your videos.

my garden is young but dinosaur kale made it in the full blazing texas sun. pomegranates and figs did fine. problem was they died to the ground in the freak freezes last winter so not much fruit.

I really love your garden just wondering were u buy your sesame seed look so healthy and alive in Arizona .

Would it be possible to please add a video fertilizer information for each plant your showing on this video ? Beautiful plants Thank you

I no longer have a yard and trying to grow on my patio has been unsuccessful the past two summers. I’m going to try a few things like garlic and onions but I’m moving the bulk of my growing indoors. I’m lucky to have five closets in my tiny condo which allows me to convert the walk-in closet into a hydroponic grow room. I currently have small tabletop units sharing the shelves with my house plants. The lettuces and herbs are doing well and add to the lush feel in the rooms. I find the table top units perfect for starting seeds that are transferred to larger hydroponic buckets as the grow too big for the table top units. It only cost about $100 to convert the closet. I’m spending a bit more on nutrients but that is offset by the savings in water. I’m retired but work part time in the garden center of a big box store. I always recommend your channel to new gardeners and gardeners who are new to zone 9b gardening. 🌱

Hello Angela... I love to watch your videos and get inspired by them... However, I wanted to ask how high do you your temps get in the peak summer months??? I live in the UAE. We have a long summer from say mid April to September... All these plants you've mentioned, we grow them here during our "winter" which is September through April... Except for some like Okra, sweet potato, luffa, basil maybe up till June or July... We get temps as high as 43-47*Celsius...

Only my basil, Serrano peppers and aloe vera survived

I am in Arizona as well and it was so sad to see all my tomatoes and peppers die this summer. But I’m excited for next year. I have a question I started a raised garden bed this year it is facing the east and there is a block wall against the west facing side. Should my rows be facing east to west or north to south? I’m assuming tall things should be against the wall and shorter items in the front. I don’t know why I’m so confused about this.

Hi Angela, how do you manage to keep your passion fruit vine alive through our cold winters and very hot summers?

When is the best time to start Roselle from seed? I live in CA 9b and would like to grow, brings back childhood memories

Do you recommend fabric grow bags for Phoenix's weather? I only have space for container gardening on my small backyard patio and was wondering how durable they are because clay pots (and even plastic ones) are pricey. What's the best containers to use on a south-facing concrete patio? Any help would be appreciated.

do y7ou have mosquitoes? how do you manage? I love your videos. they are my escape fantasy

My gomphrena went nuts and my zinnias & celosia look great too! My vincas are sturdy and blooming, but the leaves are yellow, what can I do to help that?

When should we take out roselle ? I’ve 6 or 7 plants and they are getting huge

Are you familiar with Native Seeds Search? They have a lot of arid adapted heirloom seeds from the SW, and they're a non-profit. I got a Yaqui heirloom basil from them -- it was delicious -- kind of like cinnamon in that it has some the anise flavor but it's sweeter. They also have tepary beans, which I'm really interested in trying as a summer cover crop, some of them can supposedly sprout from a single summer rain. Not from them but from another company I got coyote tobacco, which I use as a wildflower/summer cover but that did amazing in my summer heat, not sure how it would fare for you -- I guess some people see it as a weed though. I also don't get tomato hornworms in my area really at all so it might not be a good choice for people who struggle w/ that pest, but other moths and hummingbirds can use it as well as a nectar source.