Local experts share tips on how to protect your garden - KTIV News 4 Sioux City IA: News, Weather and Sports

The sound of falling water. Something we haven't heard in a while. We have heard a lot about hot crops and how difficult it is for them to survive in this drought.

But how does that translate to a home garden?

It's very stressful on plants that you are planting, and plants that are fully established are stressing now," Nick Crowder, a manager at Earl May said.

For some plants, it may be too late to save them.

"When it comes down to stuff like that, if you don't like it or if your neighbor doesn't like it, or whatever, then just rip it out and put something new in, cause at that point it's probably not worth trying to salvage it," Crowder said.

While it may be too late for some plants, such as tomatoes and pumpkins, experts say it's not too late to start replanting fall crops, such as broccoli.

"If they're kind of looking to do some fall gardening with edible crops, vegetables and stuff like that, it's really kind getting to the season to do that. You know you're kind looking at the middle part of this month to the middle part of August," Crowder said.

No matter what kind of plants are in your garden, Crowder's best advice is to fertilize them and keep watering on a daily basis.