Seasonal Gardening - Working in the Summer Garden
Summer is when you really appreciate your garden. Your job now is to keep your plants and flowers looking their best and enjoying what you've grown.
June: Regional Gardening To Do List
By June, the garden is in full swing. Everything is planted and growing. Now is the time to begin monitoring your garden, to catch problems early and to keep your plants growing healthy. Here are some timely tips for regional gardening in June.
By June, the garden is in full swing. Everything is planted and growing. Now is the time to begin monitoring your garden, to catch problems early and to keep your plants growing healthy. Here are some timely tips for regional gardening in June.
July: Regional Gardening To Do List
July is an unpredictable month in the garden. Gardeners just have to play it by ear. Here’s a list of garden chores to make help your garden weather the heat of summer. Most importantly, keep a close eye on pests and disease, then sit back and enjoy your garden and all the efforts you put in earlier in the year to get it where it is now.
July is an unpredictable month in the garden. Gardeners just have to play it by ear. Here’s a list of garden chores to make help your garden weather the heat of summer. Most importantly, keep a close eye on pests and disease, then sit back and enjoy your garden and all the efforts you put in earlier in the year to get it where it is now.
August: Regional Gardening To Do List
If you're a gardener who thinks that the month of August begins the downhill slide into off season of gardening, think again. Your garden is hardier than you think and there are plenty of gardening tasks for August that will keep your flower and vegetable gardens going longer, as well as opportunities to get a head start on next year's garden plans.
If you're a gardener who thinks that the month of August begins the downhill slide into off season of gardening, think again. Your garden is hardier than you think and there are plenty of gardening tasks for August that will keep your flower and vegetable gardens going longer, as well as opportunities to get a head start on next year's garden plans.
Garden Maintenance - Pinching, Deadheading and Cutting Back
Planting a garden is half the battle. From the day your garden is planted, it will require maintenance to keep your flowers blooming and looking good all summer long. In the following pages, we'll take a look at some of the routine garden maintenance chores you should become familiar with.
Planting a garden is half the battle. From the day your garden is planted, it will require maintenance to keep your flowers blooming and looking good all summer long. In the following pages, we'll take a look at some of the routine garden maintenance chores you should become familiar with.
Keep Lettuce Growing in the Heat of Summer
It's not impossible to grow lettuce throughout the summer, but it does take a little extra thought and planning.
It's not impossible to grow lettuce throughout the summer, but it does take a little extra thought and planning.
Label Plants to Divide, While They Are In Bloom
By the time it's time to divide your perennials, you've probably forgotten which were which. Where do the blue iris end and the white iris begin? Here's a quick tip to solve that problem.
By the time it's time to divide your perennials, you've probably forgotten which were which. Where do the blue iris end and the white iris begin? Here's a quick tip to solve that problem.