Everything is in ground. Potted plants are under shade trees. Not enough umbrellas plus, it's windy here. Shade Cover is my only option for the plants like Mango in ground.

Suzi I think it is funny how we have come to think of 90 as pleasant. I can handle 90 and work outdoors quite well. I want to make as much progress as I can in the next few days. It will be over 100 for my area by the weekend.

I have some tbars and shade cloth set up as a shade/windbreak for a newly planted avocado. It's still suffering but it will make it.

I took a couple shade covers from the car front windows and put them over some potted plants, put a towel over another struggling bush. Everything else just has to tough it out. This is one long summer.

Will the heat wave affect you?

Supposed to be in the 80s this weekend at the beach -- that's warm for here -- but I don't anticipate anything negative. Some plants will have a spurt of growth from the warmer weather.

While I grouse about too much shade/not enough sun most of the year, I'll be happy this week.

It is in the 80s here also, and so I am staying inside. It warmed up very quickly yesterday and today and so I was not able to do as much outside as I would like. I never cook outdoors when it is this hot, and I'm very grateful that we got central A/C last year. Before last year I was able to manage with only a window unit that I bought when we lived in Venice, but it's a bit warmer in Westchester than Venice. I do not miss the heavy traffic in Venice, however. I was in Venice for 15 years, which is the longest I've lived anywhere besides my parents' house. My complaint is not having enough shade and too much sun, and even my back yard in Venice was too sunny. Orchids did somewhat better in Venice than here - I just have to protect them from sun more here.

109 predicted today and you guys are whining about the 80's? :-) Thinking of golfing... NOT!

I agree with Suzi. It was 113 here yesterday.

Thankfully we have only been knocking on 100f here.

It was 100 here on the SF peninsula, and we are experiencing smoke from the fire up in Napa with the lack of any breeze, so air quality is horrible. I have asthma and am staying indoors with the A/C on and the plants will have to fend for themselves! I did do a good watering yesterday morning before the worst of the heat.

I was wondering where all the smoke was coming from! I tried to find info on the news on line, but nothing came up. You're right, the air has been awful! Unfortunately I had to be outside both yesterday and today, 100*f or more down here in the south bay, if not a little more. Drank a LOT of water.