Summer Is Here Officially
Posted on Jun 22, 2009 under In The Garden |
So how are those gardens going? Ours finally started to grow. Now we have tomatoes coming on, our Yukon Gold potatoes are doing great and we are picking a few green beans and cucumbers. All of our herbs have done well now that it has gotten hot. The peppers are starting to produce, but not read to pick yet……and the Weeds are terrible…..With all the rain, I am having trouble keeping them under control!
Some of you have the Topsy Turvy Tomato Planters. How are they doing? Ours is starting to produce tomatoes, but it certainly does NOT look like the pictures we see on the advertisements.
Tips for you Garden:
Make eco-safe repellents from pure essential oils. Add 2 drops of garlic oil and 5 drops of lavender oil to a water-filled quart trigger sprayer. Shake contents as you spray plants. Be sure you do this in the cool of the morning or the cool of the evening, NOT during the heat of the day.
Place wood ashes around cucumber, squash and cabbage plants to deter those vine bores and cabbage worms.
Dissolve nasty slugs by spraying them with a mix of one part ammonia to 2 parts water.
Prune spring-flowering shrubs and climbing roses right after they finish blooming.
