What's happening at PLN this month?

Garden Thymes

"I say, if your knees aren't green by the end of the day, you ought to seriously re-examine your life."

 ~Bill Watterson, Calvin & Hobbes

General Landscaping

• Check your sprinklers to make sure all you landscaping plants are receiving the correct amount of water
• Weed, Weed, Weed! Not only are they unsightly, weeds rob your plants of precious nutrients and moisture

Shrubs, Perennials, Bulbs

• Prune spring flowering shrubs after the flowers are spent
• Cut back spring-blooming bulbs after the leaves have completely died back
• Continue to fertilize your roses once a month

Veggies, Fruits & Herbs

• Continue to plant warm season veggies (tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, corn)
• Protect your strawberries & cherries from birds and other wildlife with mesh netting
• Plant your herb seeds like dill, basil, cilantro

Annuals

• Water daily especially if your baskets are in full day sun or wind. It's best to water in early morning
• For fantastic color feed your flowering annuals once a week with a water soluble fertilizer high in phosphorous (the middle number on a fertilizer label)
• Continue to dead head the spent blooms

Insect Watch  

• Be on the lookout for aphids! A tell-tale sign is honeydew on the leaves
• Spider mites are usually at their peak populations this month
• Peach tree borer. Adult flights begin. Protective sprays are timely now