Weekly weather forecast for the Lowveld
Look after your plants. Give them enough water in the evenings.
This will be a sunny week for the Lowveld; not always hot, but sunny.
If you would like to plant veggies, here are a list of vegetables that will thrive in these hot, humid temperatures.
Sweet potatoes – Grow well in the summer and produce within 90 days.
Southern peas – As green-shelled peas, they make a delicious side dish or salad topping.
Long beans – Also known as asparagus beans, they have a sweet nutty flavour similar to the spring spears.
Sunflowers – The plants will grow and flower, producing edible seed for the family or the local wildlife, without the gardener lifting a finger.
Eggplant – Eggplant is the best hot-weather producer of the tomato and potato family crops.
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