A Midsummer Night's Dream

Posted on: June 9, 2008

Take back your garden with these seasonal tips

By Mary Margaret Murphey
CTW Features

Carolyn Hutchinson suggests some timely garden grooming ideas to refresh your plants for the rest of summer in her latest book, "Time-Saving Gardener: Tips and Essential Tasks, Season by Season" (Firefly Books, 2008)

*Use mulches or plant-pot reservoirs to keep vulnerable plants moist

*Prune back summer shrubs, such as deutzia, that flower on the previous year's stems

*Tidy the pond and thin out overcrowded oxygenators

*Feed permanent container plants

*Water lawn thoroughly, raise mower blades and removed grass bag to protect lawn from drought

*Protect crops from pests

*Prune apple and pear trees

*Harvest, then dry or freeze herbs

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