Did it rain at your house this past week? We received .03 inches, heavy mist, of moisture. I expected a good rain this past weekend to help my garden along. Instead I was watering with a jacket on in the mist that fell yesterday. My onions and potatoes were my biggest concern. If onions get dry they will stop growing and the soil will get hard around them. This stress may cause them to bloom and then all growth may stop. When potatoes start blooming they are putting on baby potatoes. This is a critical time for both garden vegetables. Fertilizing my onions and potatoes will be next on my list, as soon as the soil is dry enough walk on without tracking it up. I will then water the fertilizer in, never fertilize dry plants. I plan to follow up with a light mulch of year old grass clippings to help keep the soil consistently moist and cool.
I plan to spray my fruit trees this weekend and refresh my jugs with the solution to attract coddling moths. My jugs are filling up with insects. I will be trimming my dwarf lilac also, just enoughto remove the old blooms. I'm tired of looking at that old foliage on my tulips and daffodils, the foliage is turning yellow so I can cut it off at ground level.
If you have any questions or thoughts about gardening and landscaping post them and we will discuss them.
Carl
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