Planted navy beans,pinto's and purple hull a few days ago. Purple hulls were seed collected from the spring(grew in the drought) and they sprouted in three days so maybe the fall crop will be better. Never,never never give up on gardening,there has always been droughts there always will be droughts, even in the Scriptures we can read about droughts, lol,...
gardening is not really the sort of thing that people just do in the spring when it's real nice outside it's a year round adventure. Well maybe now days it's just a hobby thing to some people and they just do it when it's nice in the spring and then give up when it gets hot at the end of June. Junes a good time to take an inventory of what will still grow in the heat and whats just a waist of time and water.
Okra grows pretty good in the heat in zone 8 in Texas(my wife made fried okra for us last night and it was mmm,,,good)...Peppers did pretty good(Jalapenos,bell) we dug them up last year and kept them in the greenhouse and then we transplanted them again in the spring. Were going to start new ones for next year because I'm not sure if the drought stunted them or not so new ones wont hurt right? Anyway even in the drought in Texas in 2022 never,never stop it's a 12 month a year adventure that turns into a lifetime in Gods wonderful creation. In the droughts and the heat of summer build compost piles,prepare your garden soil and praise the Lord and keep right on going....