I’ve just added the Sunshine Coast Botanical Garden Society website to my resources list. It’s full of great local resources including an ‘In The Garden This Month’ section which I know I will be referring to on a regular basis.
Here’s what they say needs to be done this month:
Slow down and give you and your plants a rest from the heat
Give plants a mid-season feeding or side dressing, to get them through to the fall
Keep tabs on rainfall and water as needed
Stay ahead of weeds
Replace mulch as needed
Check garden centers for mark downs on remaining plants
Keep lawns at about 3″, to protect from summer heat
Keep up on deadheading
Shear back spent annuals by 1/3
Focus on heat and rain resistant flowers like: coleus, hibiscus, melampodium, pentas, plumbago, portulaca and zinnias
Do a final pinching by mid-July, of fall blooming flowers like mums and asters
Harvest vegetables daily
Find a Plant a Row for the Hungry program to donate to the Food Bank
Reseed beans and lettuce
Start fall crops of peas and cole crops
Time to dig the garlic, onions and potatoes
Treat yourself to some new potatoes. Carefully loosen the soil under your plants to find a few small potatoes to harvest
Plant a cover crop in bare spots in the vegetable garden
Check berries regularly to harvest before the birds get them!
Clean up fallen fruits under trees
Check fruit trees for water sprouts (branches growing straight up from limbs) and remove
Prune summer flowering shrubs as soon as the blossoms fade
Hold off on planting until the fall. If you must transplant, keep well watered.
Yikes, looks like I’m going to be busy!
hey there! I thought Id drop a line and say hi! You lilly’s are beautiful, I love the colour! I Have recently been tagged in a little blogger game. As I only know a few bloggers, I hope you dont mind if I tag you. If you dont want to play, no hard feelings, I know how busy life is. If you do want to play drop me a line and let me know. The rules are in my most recent post.
See ya!