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Watering properly is the key to conserving water in the heat of summer. One inch per week applied at one time will wet the soil six to eight inches deep and insure good yield from your mature crops. Two inches of organic mulch will cool the soil and reduce surface evaporation of water.
• Plant a winter cover crop to enrich your garden soil. Annual rye, red clover, and hairy vetch are good choices. A cover crop decreases erosion of the soil during the winter, adds organic material when it is incorporated in the spring, improves soil tilth and porosity, and adds valuable nutrients. Winter cover crops can be planted as early as Aug. 1 but should not be planted any Jater than Nov. 1. j • Snap bean, tomato, and pepper flowers may fail to develop fruit when daytime temperatures rise above 90 degrees.
• Water the garden early in the day so the foliage dries before night. Wet foliage at night increases susceptibility
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