July Garden Tasks
Whoever coined the phrase “lazy days of summer” probably wasn’t a gardener. In the garden growth of many plants and insects increase proportionately to the temperatures. Watering has become a necessity for the Pacific Northwest as Mother Nature turns off her faucet for the summer. If you have been successful in previous months you will be harvesting strawberries, peas, beans beets, broccoli cucumbers, onions, okra, green peppers, squash, early tomatoes as well as flowers for the vase. The following outline for the month will keep you on track so you can squeeze in a few of those “lazy days” you’ve heard so much about.
