While there is not much one can do once the floods have ravaged communities and personal property, there is a lot you can do to help your plants adapt and grow in oppressive heat. The inches of mulch you added last spring should now be, unfortunately, compacted by the direct beating on the mulch, or packed tight against the plants. Thanks to all the hard work you devoted to your yard back in the spring, your garden is now almost self sufficient. To prevent the plants from molding or from drying up, it's best to take a garden fork and loosen up the mulch. Mulching is one of the best protectors against weeds but also to keep the roots and the bottom of plants and flowers from the oppressive waneta and heat. All across the United States, the weather has been playing havoc with our typical summers, some are suffocating under the oppressive heat, others are dealing with floods, the likes they haven't seen in decades.

Either all your flowers are in full bloom, or, even if they have already bloomed, your landscape should be lush and bursting with plants, flowers and bushes.