Here’s your June Gardening Advice — perfect for keeping your garden lush, productive, and ahead of summer stress!

June 13, 2025

🌱 1. Water Smart — Not Hard

  • Early morning is best — it reduces evaporation and gives plants time to dry (less mildew).
  • Deep and infrequent watering is better than daily sprinkles — aim to soak the root zone.
  • Use mulch (straw, bark, compost) to retain moisture and block weeds.

🌼 2. Deadhead for More Blooms

  • Remove faded flowers from roses, petunias, marigolds, and zinnias.
  • This tells the plant to keep producing, not go to seed.

🥕 3. Harvest Often

  • Pick zucchinis, cucumbers, peas, and beans while young — it keeps them producing longer.
  • For herbs like basil, pinch the tops regularly to keep them bushy.

🌞 4. Guard Against Heat Stress

  • Shade tender veggies like lettuce and spinach with cloth or taller plants.
  • If temps hit high 80s and 90s, some plants may bolt — harvest before they go bitter.

🐞 5. Battle Bugs (Naturally)

  • Look for aphids, Japanese beetles, cabbage worms, etc. early in the day.
  • Use neem oil or insecticidal soap.
  • Invite ladybugs and lacewings — they snack on the pests!

🍅 6. Fertilize Tomatoes (and Friends)

  • June is prime time to side-dress with compost or balanced fertilizer.
  • Focus on potassium and phosphorus for fruits — not just nitrogen.

🌿 7. Keep Weeds from Winning

  • Weeds steal water and nutrients. Mulch and hand-pulling are your best weapons.
  • Focus around young plants — they can’t compete as well.

🌻 8. Sow for Fall

  • Start brassicas (broccoli, cabbage, kale) indoors mid-June for late-summer transplanting.
  • Direct sow carrots, beets, and beans for staggered harvests.

🌸 9. Prune Spring-Flowering Shrubs

  • Done blooming? Now’s the time to shape lilac, forsythia, and azalea before they set next year’s buds.

🐝 10. Feed the Pollinators

  • Let some herbs flower (like thyme and oregano).
  • Plant bee-favorites: lavender, echinacea, sunflowers, and bee balm.
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