I have been gardening and transplanting in this heat. I have been digging beds in evening and night. Closest to the street lights gets dug latest as I can see in the dark there. Water the dug over and amended soil, leave it overnight, plant the next night. Get up early early and mulch the next AM. Shade out the tomatoes and peppers for a week or two when newly transplanted. I have only full sun so I work from 7-12 and then 6-10 and am slowly getting it all done. In my raised beds I used ollas which help save $$ with slow watering. I rain out of rain barrel water weeks ago. I do save the AC water. It doesn't cover much square footage but I can water two beds or one fair sized area per night. Doesn't much help the trees! We need rain.

I compost everything, including yard waste and kitchen scraps and still somehow never have enough compost to go around and at least 1 of my compost piles always seems to have room. Some things are reduced in size by the lawn mower running over it as denninmi described and then composted. Most of the autumn leaves never make it to the compost pile; they get run over multiple times and then raked back into the lawn or used to mulch flower beds. I can process all my stuff that needs composting from all my gardens as well as periodic additions of manure in a space that's a little under 3 1/2' x 12' and can be up to 4' high (except for really large branches which go into the woods) and I actively garden what's probably more than an acre of beds, mixed borders along with a large veggie garden. Can you widen your compost area behind the garage? My mum lives in a suburb where you can put sticks and other yard refuse out for recycling, either bundled in less than 4' lengths or in brown yard refuse bags. (I do most of her gardening.) In my small rural town, there is an area of the town transfer station where yard refuse is collected and composted for those who don't compost.

I was just aiming for plant survival at night. No killing frost in there. During the day I would open the door and take the cover off a vent if it got really hot. I only grow bedding plants and veggie transplants in there from about mid Feb to mid May. The rest of the year it is empty. In the fall I put a few tomatoes and peppers in there in containers I bring inside. I was not joking when I said this thread made me realise something. I have been collecting fans, pumps and aquarium heaters so that next spring I can have a more controlled environment, and seeing this made me realise the more dependant I become on 24/7 power in there the more I have to work out a backup plan. My record high temp in there? 140F in early Feb. Clear skies, outside air temp just about freezing and snow on the ground. The snow reflects additional light/heat in there. Plus the snow all around the greenhouse sealed all the cracks for me.

Edmonton city inspectors are policemen that act like inspectors that break the law as I have experienced. They broke into my home and caused lots of damage like slamming door knots into the walls and smashing a big dent in my furnace. When I asked for a report when they were inspecting my homes furnace two days earlier I was told to call the police for a copy. They denied my request very rudely. I have not been the same since this happened and think that city inspectors that came to my place unannounced should be questioned of their actions with me and their visit to my home. Please help me, I'm falling apart since it happened. Thank you. Barry Pidsadowskl Barrysspace22@gmail.com 780