Now we are in the season of really, truly no rain. Day after sunny day marches inexorably through the summer. So I need to water. Or plant things that don't need summer water.
Annuals are a bit trickier, of course.
But many do fine once they get big enough, both because they sink their roots down and they can shade their own root zone. May. The heavy springtime dews which are a boon to baby plants disappear as the season progresses. In Minnesota, there's no point in new plantings past the middle of June, because the first frosts are only three months away. I don't have to worry about early frosts here, but it's still tough to plant past that time. Speaking of late plantings, I'm wondering if I should give up growing cucumbers.