Fruit & Vegetable Gardens

• Plant your fruit and vegetables that love warm weather (ie. corn, peppers, zucchini and squash, and basil).
• By planting your bush beans, summer lettuce and corn in intervals will spread out the harvest over several weeks.
• Harvest your beets, carrots, lettuce and chard.
• Keep your tomatoes staked, pruning the lower branches as needed to keep air flowing and discourage blights. You can also stake other needed plants including peppers and brussels sprouts.
• Hill up potatoes two – three times before letting them mature.
• Sow your seeds for your fall garden (ie. Brussels sprouts, long-maturing cabbage, rutabagas and turnips).
• Watch your fruit trees for any insects or diseases, and treat as needed.
• Thin your apples, pears and peaches when the fruit is the size of a nickel.
• Train your grapevines as needed and prune as needed.
• Harvest your strawberries and other berries as they ripen.
• Keep your garden beds weed free.

Flower Gardens

• Fertilize your roses and dahlias.
• Stake tall flowers as needed before they get too big and fall over.
• Divide you early blooming perennials as needed. If you do it this month, make sure to water it well until they’re established.
• Trim and remove any dying foliage from your spring bulbs. Now would be the time to move any that you would like.
• Remove seed pods from your rhododendrons and azaleas and prune your other spring blooming shrubs.
• Watch for signs of mildew, black spots or rust and treat if necessary.

Other Chores

• Fertilize your lawn for a second time if needed. Keep watering and mowing as well.
• Put out bait for slugs and snails if that is a potential issue.
• Trim your hedges mid-month.
• Start your watering cycle, soaking beds with soakers or drip systems every five days. Raised beds every four to five days in warm, dry weather.

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