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May
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-Pinch back mums and asters to promote bushier growth.
-Move these and other perennials to get them settled before the heat gets bad.
-Pull spring weeds-meditatively-on a beautiful morning.
- Feed azaleas and bulbs after they quit blooming.
- Feed roses, perennials and herbs a layer of composted pine bark or composted manure; cover with a 1 to 2 inch layer of organic mulch.
- Fertilize Zoysia and Bermuda lawns once they green up. |
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-Hardy foliage plants, such as ferns and hostas, and roses can also be planted now, if they are regularly watered. |
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-Does your dream garden include a kitchen garden? If you didn't set out tomato, pepper and basil transplants in late April, do it NOW! |
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-In May, force yourself to pull up your cool-season pansies before they die of heat stroke. In their place, plant sun-loving summer annuals (such as petunias, narrowleaf zinnia or marigolds). |
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Invite Nature |
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If you enjoy being outdoors in the summer and watching wildlife, now is a good time to set out plants that attract butterflies, bees and hummingbirds. |
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Planting lantana, butterfly bush, petunias, cosmos, French marigolds, impatiens, perennial verbena, cleome, red salvia, althea, pineapple sage, and hibiscus will attract these bright-winged visitors. |
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Shrubs |
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Prune and shape up spring-flowering shrubs after they quit blooming. |
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Many of your spring blooming shrubs: Magnolia, azaleas, lilacs, bridal wreath spirea, forsythia -- all have a short window for a trim, only six weeks! That is, if you decide to prune or trim these bushes later in the season, you will cut off next year's flower buds! So be prudent with your pruners -- if your spring shrubs need a cut, do it within six weeks after their blooms have faded. |
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Shrubs such as andromeda,azalea,blueberry,camellia,mountian laurel and rhododendron grow best in acid soils with a pH of about 5.At a higher pH value,these shrubs may become yellow and have poor growth. |
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Garden Recipes |
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A little something for things that Bug you!
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Insecticidal Soap
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Mites,Aphids and other pest?
1 cup Chopped red pepper
2 chopped garlic cloves
1 cup water
mix ingredients and keep covered for 24hrs.strain into a misting bottle and spray plants with this solution.Avoid contact with skin and eyes. |
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2 table spoons Palmolive original (dish soap)
1 gallon water
Mix and spray
Remember spray top and underside of the leaves. |
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Home |
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Planning your garden |
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