Expert Advice Summer Gardening Tips It’s time to enjoy your flowers, herbs, and veggies. • Mulch around plants to keep weeds to a minimum and retain moisture. • Remove spent flowers to prevent perennials from using their energy on seed production and to stimulate reblooming. • As soon as a fruit or vegetable is ripe, remove it from the plant. Pull up any plants that aren’t productive or that are past their prime. • Water your garden early in the morning or in the late afternoon—times when the least amount of water will evaporate from the leaves. • Save and use rainwater to water your garden. • Aerate the soil in your lawn to allow water to penetrate. • Potatoes can be dug as soon as the tops have died down. • For a harvest that lasts all summer, sow beans every 2 weeks.
Posted on: Tue, 23 Jul 2013 18:35:03 +0000
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