Hi,
First time poster here.
I am in central Portugal near castelo Branco. We have our 3 th day of 43C ( 2 more to go )
I doubled the watering, when the sun goes down and again early in the morning. The plants are fine. The animals and myself suffer more.
( I do all my watering by hand, 1000l ibc and 2 watering cans, in between watering in refill the ibc with cool water from my shallow well and go sit next to it for the rest of the day )
Permaculture tricks used:
- mulching with straw, leaves and
compost
- dense companion planting so the ground is shaded
- plant heat sensitive crops under olive trees and cork oak
- buried rotten wood beds and keyhole gardens
I am more worried about my animals and the wild fires...