This weather is killing my garden!

It's gone from one extreme to another here. We had a spell of really hot and dry weather that lasted for weeks, then suddenly it started raining and turned cooler. It's warming up during the day now, so hopefully we'll have some "normal" weather before frost. My garden has suffered something awful during both extremes. Peppers are finally starting to produce and the cucumbers seem to have weathered it all right. However, tomatoes didn't do anything during the hot weather and started to bloom again with lots of rain but they've quit again now. Beans are already dying, beets hardly even came up. I didn't have to do any thinning, I guess that's a plus! Corn did well during the hot spell but I had to water them every day. I don't think there's much to be done about too much rain, other than shelter the plants somehow and make a shallow ditch leading away from them to catch runoff.

Actually, no. It has been hot and dry here and that is not having a good effect either. I usually get abunch of tomatoes but I think they are done for the year now. I planted a tree last fall also and that looks like it is dying. We really need rain around here, and I dont know if we are going to get any form the hurricane either.

I'm having just the opposite problem with my garden but seems pretty much the same results - it's been hot and dry here for a couple months now, I'm trying to water regularly but don't want to burn up the water pump either. I am getting things but much smaller than normal for our area.

It has been cooler here, but it has not really gotten cold at night. We have gotten lots of rain in the last few days, but the garden could really use some rainwater. I am not sure if there is really anything you can do about the cold keeping your plants from dying this late in the season. If it were earlier and the plants were still small you could try putting milk jugs or soda bottles over the top.

It's still quite warm here in Ohio but has got down to the high 50s a few nights. We haven't had any rain in some time, so I've been having to water. Where are you that it's cold and rainy? Could you cover your plants at night?

My peppers never grew, my tomatoes have produced but because its so rainy they've gone rotten. Hopefully I have some potatoes - my carrots never grew because the chicklet (my baby sister) forgot to put the seeds in the row before covering it and left them package. I hope it gets better for you!