Gardening

I've grown many in MN and other high Northeast areas. Now,the average temp here for this time of year is supposed to be around 84. But this year we are at 104 and thereabouts for the past week and no end in sight. They seem to be holding up okay so far. I have tons of flowers and a few babies. Early Girls that came from a local farm.

I dump a bucket full of water on the soil every morning. They are surrounded by 4" of straw and I don't water there and I don't put water on the leaves. Yesterday I took some dark screen I had and put it over them, for a bit of shade. Do you think they can survive this heat? Dry heat. Do you have any suggestions about other things I might do in this case?

Thanks for any suggestions. I have so much time and effort in these already, I really want to be able to eat some.