June is a busy month in the flower and vegetable garden. It’s time to sow late cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, kale, and celery to provide plants that may be set out in July for late fall use and winter storage. Sowing the seed in soil mixed with peat moss is an excellent idea to encourage better … Read more
Fill your greenhouse with chrysanthemums if you want a colorful show this fall and winter with plenty of blooms to cut. They are about the easiest and most satisfactory flowers you can grow. They occupy the plant benches comparatively quickly and can be grown either as a pot plant or bench crop. What’s more, there … Read more
The long warm days of June provide us with enough added hours to enjoy the garden and give it the attention it needs. Plants are growing actively now, so keep them watered and give them feeding with a balanced fertilizer, including an application of superphosphate or bonemeal. Lilacs Need Attention Remove faded flower heads from … Read more
Late spring and early summer are when to start biennials from seed if you want to enjoy their flowers next year. For biennials need a whole growing season before they become mature enough to form flowers. Then after flowering, they usually die or will only struggle along and should therefore be discarded. As most biennials … Read more
In June, the vegetable garden really begins to pay dividends. Radishes, spinach, lettuce, green onions, peas, turnips, beet greens, and others will be in good supply, and—if you got an early start—even broccoli and cabbage before the end of the month. So the gardener is inclined to take it easy and rest on his oars. … Read more