Summer in the garden
Ahhhhhhhhh the summertime in the backyard, flowers are blooming and tomatoes are beginning to yeild the flavor we have all come to enjoy. Make sure you do a weekly tour to inspect for insects as well as disease. A lot of folks have come face to face with powdery mildew on their summer squash, rose bushes and Bee Balm (Monarda). One of the best sprays (organic) is one called Serenade. If you have to spray make sure you make 3 sprays once a week to try to clean-up this destructive disease. If you tomatoes have a black spot on the bottom of the tomatoe you have blossom end rot….. nasty….. Try working some of the granular Azomite (rich in calcium and organic micros) in and around the roots. Be consistant with your watering as well. You might also try this great product on your squash and cucumbers…. We have just stocked our garden benches with the first crop of flowering cabbage and Kale…. my oh my you just have to check out the new introductions….. spectacular colors and a sign of the changing seasons. We also have some of the first late summer flowering asters and hardy garden mums. Time to spruce up those faded summer planters and hanging baskets. Try fertilizing with some of our “Bloom” Earth Juice. A wonderful liquid organic nutrition that will realy give your special plants a great boost. For those of you who have water features with living plants don’t forget to fertilize them with at least three special nutrition tabs. You will be surprised. Speaking of water gardens our first Lotus bloomed the other day…… this plant redefines the word spectacular. I think if might fall into the catagory of the similar beauty as the passion flower blooms. Just plain WOW!!! Well thats about it for the moment……. Hope all is well in your backyard and you are enjoying the summer. As always if you need any of the above mentioned plants of products a quick trip the the Redmond Greenhouse should fill your needs……. Happy Summer…… Doug
