With the summer coming closer and closer, most gardeners worry about the heat and its devastating effects it has on your plants. Actually, extremes in temperature and weather has devastating effects to your garden, but the heat makes your plants wither up and eventually die out. If you want to avoid this, especially when you don’t want your lawn to turn brown, you need to check on the weather forecast, and make sure that you will be able to compensate for the heat by providing your plants with more water. Water deeply so the roots of your plants would be able to grow deeper into soil that’s cooler and moist than the upper layers. It’s also ideal to group your plants according to their water needs so neither of your plants would be getting too much or too little water. If your garden gets too much heat and sunlight, you will want to put up some shade to relieve your plants from the heat and arrange your garden in such a way that will allow a free circulation of air to prevent your garden from turning into a heat trap. The bottom line here is that you should know the type of plants you have in your garden, recognize what their needs are and assess whether your plants are able to withstand the summer heat and prolonged dryness. If you’re not so familiar with the plants in your garden, consult your gardener and see what you can do to prevent your plants from withering away.