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Reflecting on the year my rooftop tomatoes all withered in a heatwave
Back when I started urban gardening, I underestimated how intense summer sun could be on a rooftop. All my tomato plants scorched, teaching me to always provide afternoon shade. It's funny how such a simple lesson took a season of loss to learn.
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jake6387mo ago
What did you end up using for shade? I mean, that heat sounds brutal up there.
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caleb_price7mo ago
For that brutal heat, a sun shade STRUCTURE is CRUCIAL.
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norabrown7mo ago
Spotlights our collective struggle with urban heat islands. Basic self-sufficiency gets harder every summer.
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