June Garden Top 10 Checklist
- Sarah Valentine Design
- Aug 20, 2020
- 1 min read
We were away for most of May so I kept my fingers crossed that the weather was neither too hot nor too windy... it ended up being both! Luckily we installed a lot of new irrigation in April, set to timers, so nothing died while we were away (unlike last year!).
With lots to do in the garden now that we are at the end of spring and quickly approaching the frenzy of summer gardening, I have the following checklist to keep me on track:
1. Note To Self: Yogardens, keep on top of the weeds!
2. Repeat number one! To make this task more palatable, I like to think of pulling weeds as a way to reconnect with my garden, and get a good yoga stretch in all at the same time.
3. Keep sowing seeds of carrots, salad greens, beets, flowers and beans - and so on.
4. Trim back dying spring bulb stems to
the first or second leaf.
5. Keep deadheading spent flower blossoms, including your roses, so to encourage the plant to keep blooming instead of making seeds.
6. Allow grass to grow a little longer than usual; it might not look as ‘neat’ as severely mowed grass, but it will be lusher and healthier.
7. If you haven’t put drip irrigation in your garden yet, stop whatever planting you’re doing and buy some; install it in your garden.
8. Add bone meal (phosphorus) and banana skins (potassium) to the soil around your
rose bushes.
9. Water your container plants regularly and add fish liquid fertilizer.
10. Plant the last of your perennials, shrubs and trees to give them time to grow roots in your garden before the deadly heat of summer.
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