Gathering and using the blooms as cut flowers will prevent excessive reseeding. Spacing Single Plants: 1' 1" (35cm) each way (minimum) Rows: 11" (30cm) with 1' 3" (40cm) row gap (minimum) Sow and Plant Start seeds indoors in early spring, or plant them...
Leafy greens grown in spring, as well as spring-blooming herbs and flowers. Notes Feathery chamomile foliage contrasts well with the textures of other herbs and flowers. Our Garden Planner can produce a personalized calendar of when to sow, plant and...
This is a fragrance herb to delight your sense of smell. Planting and Harvesting Calendar < Back to All Plants Pests which Affect Lemon Verbena Aphids (General) Slug Snail Smelling lemon verbena is a special delight of summer best captured in teas.
Sowing, planting, weeding, watering, harvesting, deadheading, composting, pest control… and the rest! But as summer moves swiftly along it's absolutely essential to stop, sit down and drink it all in.
Use row covers to exclude them from garden crops. Late in the season, tarnished plant bugs may damage peppers. Four-lined plants bugs are so named because they have four black stripes down their yellow backs, with orange-yellow heads.
Rebar stakes are the best way to reinforce wood-framed beds on a slope The frames or low walls used to stabilize a terraced vegetable garden can be made from many different materials, including those discussed below.
Harvesting Stem or leaves as desired from early summer to fall. Planting and Harvesting Calendar < Back to All Plants Pests which Affect Bay Aphids (General) Slug Snail Through winter, allow the soil to dry between waterings.
This extra layer serves a few purposes: it shades the soil from the sun, helping to keep it cooler, and it acts as a lid on the soil, dramatically reducing evaporation. Mulches may not be very high-tech, but they are incredibly effective in a hot summer.
You also can use a broad bowl of soapy water to collect beetles feeding on individual plants. If you see numerous white grubs in the soil when you pull up a hawkweed plant, you can assume they are larvae of Asiatic garden beetles.
Set out plants at about the time of your last frost. If you can, grow clumps in different parts of your garden. Catnip flower clusters are visited by numerous small beneficial insects.
With perennial bunching varieties, lift clumps in spring or fall and replant some of the divisions. Spacing Single Plants: 3" (10cm) each way (minimum) Rows: 3" (10cm) with 3" (10cm) row gap (minimum) Sow and Plant Start seeds indoors in late winter to...
I like to collect some to replant or share at my community seed swap, but I also dump many seed-bearing poppies, calendulas, cosmos, marigolds, nasturtiums and zinnias onto a bed where I'll know to look for seedlings in the spring.
Companions Echinacea, Catnip, Agastache and Dill. After two years, valerian will grow into a 18" (45 cm) wide clump. Our Garden Planner can produce a personalized calendar of when to sow, plant and harvest for your area.
Our Garden Planner can produce a personalized calendar of when to sow, plant and harvest for your area. Crop Rotation Group Legumes (Pea and Bean family) ● Soil Any average, well drained soil.
Harvesting Gather individual leaves as needed in the kitchen. Rosemary, sage, and other perennial herbs. Established plants can be dug and moved anytime as long as soil is kept packed around the roots.
Our Garden Planner can produce a personalized calendar of when to sow, plant and harvest for your area. Crop Rotation Group Miscellaneous ● Soil Fertile, well drained soil. Position A sunny spot near the back or edge of a garden bed, because tarragon...
With perennial bunching varieties, lift clumps in spring or fall and replant some of the divisions. Spacing Single Plants: 3" (10cm) each way (minimum) Rows: 3" (10cm) with 3" (10cm) row gap (minimum) Sow and Plant Start seeds indoors in late winter to...
Spacing Single Plants: 1' 11" (60cm) each way (minimum) Rows: 1' 11" (60cm) with 1' 11" (60cm) row gap (minimum) Sow and Plant Start with a purchased plant, or start seeds indoors and set out at about the time of your last frost.
In spring, gather handfuls of greens for use in the kitchen. Spacing Single Plants: 5" (15cm) each way (minimum) Rows: 5" (15cm) with 7" (20cm) row gap (minimum) Sow and Plant Start with a purchased plant, or start seeds indoors and set out at about the...
Spacing Single Plants: 11" (30cm) each way (minimum) Rows: 11" (30cm) with 11" (30cm) row gap (minimum) Sow and Plant Sow salvia seeds indoors in moist seed starting mix, and provide warm conditions and very bright light.
A small bed of buckwheat in bloom will attract numerous beneficial insects. Our Garden Planner can produce a personalized calendar of when to sow, plant and harvest for your area. Thin to 4 inches (10 cm) apart in all directions.
Notes Can reseed if allowed to do so, but extra seedlings are easy to lift and move or pull out. In white or pastel shades, alyssum in the perfect little flower to tuck into the corners of beds, or you can grow it beneath tall vegetables or among herbs.
Tips: Lady beetles and their larvae are great beneficial insects to welcome into your garden. Clip off and compost stems holding aphid clusters. Ants tend to be attracted to the honeydew left by aphids, so ant activity can often lead you to aphid colonies.
Spacing Single Plants: 1' 11" (60cm) each way (minimum) Rows: 1' 5" (45cm) with 3' 3" (1.00m) row gap (minimum) Sow and Plant Sow directly when the soil is warm. Notes Cotton thrives on heat, but does not respond well to overwatering.
