Horticulture News and Tips

In JUNE…

• Time to plant the vegetable garden
• Tend and enjoy your roses!
• Use organic fertilizer
• Use watering can so foliage won't get wet
• Remove leaves with fungus or black spot immediately
• Plant garlic, chives and rue near to ward off Japanese beetles
• Stake tall perennials

In JULY…

• Stake tomatoes and beans
• Tend newly planted perennials

In AUGUST…

• Decide the plants you have enjoyed
• Tie a colored ribbon around ones you'd like to give another home
• Stop deadheading plants with good seed heads for the birds to feed on in winter

In SEPTEMBER…

• Put down compost and/or organic fertilizer
• Take cuttings of impatiens, coleus or begonias for flowers in your home all winter
• Prepare houseplants to bring inside
• Do this when outside & inside temperatures are the same
• Check and spray for insects
• Select bulbs for fall planting
  

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