I’m not at all convinced anything will grow, but I’m going for a summer garden anyway. A Google search on heat-resistant plants and here’s my list:
- Yard long beans
- Sweet potatoes
- Chili peppers
- Calabazza pumpkins
- Ping Tung Long eggplant
- Pretty much any herb
To find the actual seeds, I took the search offline and did the best I could around the corner at Hibbs Farm and Garden. My choices were long beans, Purple Petra basil, Long Purple eggplant, and Sugar Baby watermelon–not on the list, but the seed packet says they can be planted from April through June.
And I happen to have a sweet potato sprouting on my kitchen counter. My expectations for everything are low, so no disappointments if the seeds shrivel instead of sprout. Still, there are plenty of plants that thrive in the hot, rainy Florida summers, at least one has to be edible. Let the search for summer sustenance begin!
