Green Ideas for Summer

• Watch them weeds-Summer heat and extra watering really push the weeds along. Hand pull new weeds regularly and add a little extra layer of mulch.
• It’s important to water in hot weather, but over-watering can happens too and is much harder for plants to recover from. Make sure plants need water every time and deep watering less frequently is better than lots of shallow waterings.
• Collect rain water when you can. Water captured in a rain barrel has more nitrogen for our plants than water from your tap. It is also a great way to conserve our precious water supply and reduce rain water run-off.
• Regular light feeding throughout the summer will keep annuals looking and flowering their best until frost. Use an organic fertilizer like Fox Farm or Neptune’s Harvest to prevent fertilizer burn and get a nice slow feed.
• Summer is a good time to get house plants growing and looking their best before they come back inside for the fall and winter. Prune, feed, transplant, and water house plants according to their requirements and have these great air purifying machines in good condition for the colder months of the year.
• Keep turning your compost in hot weather. Heat and adequate moisture levels will cook compost quickly and make it usable just in time for fall clean-up.
• Pick vegetables daily and have easy recipes handy for using fresh herbs and vegetables.