It’s way to hot to work in your garden this time of year. They don’t call these the “Dog Days of Summer” for nothing! But a walk through your garden, early in the day can lead to more blooms and food for coming months when Autumn plants will begin to show their color.
If you have flowering plants you’ll want to dead head them now to bring more blooms. Love Zinnias? NOW is the perfect time to plant more seeds and water, water, water to get beautiful, colorful blooms for both inside and out. When I plant flowers I always want some that can make casual arrangements for indoors.
Feeding your plants can be both a benefit and a detriment at this time of year. You want to feed your vegetable garden and any Autumn plants that may be flowering soon. Chrysanthemums, dahlias and canna lillies love to be fed this time of year as well. You do not want to fertilize azaleas, camelias or any flowering shrubs as this will interfere with bud formation.
This is a great time to order some gardening catalogs and select bulbs you’ll want to plant over the next couple of months. Daffodil, hyacinth and any kind of lily always make a beautiful spring showing.
I’m dreaming of cooler weather and the day Mr. T and I will walk around the circle of our neighborhood with autumn leaves under foot! It won’t be long and now that I’m semi-recovered from knee replacement surgery, I’ll be out weeding my overgrown garden that has been fairly neglected this year and plant all sorts of new things for next spring!
4 Responses
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Harold Michael Harvey Says:
Great post and thanks for the remainder to go out and work in my vegetable garden.
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Marisa Franca @ All Our Way Says:
Jack Frost will soon be showing up and then the fall color. I used to love autumn — I guess I still do because of the nip in the air and the colors. I just don’t like what follows.
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Jan Says:
Nice post! Think I’ll go get some zinna seeds!!
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Melissa Says:
Me too!!
