The Bruce Company Blog

At this time of year, one of the questions that the Plant Desk staff hears most often is “What can I plant in the summer?” The answer is most anything, if you keep the very important issue of irrigation in mind.

No one wants to be the first to say it, but here we go. High summer was four weeks ago and our favorite season is waning. Of course, there are still plenty of things to do in the garden-weeding, watering new trees and shrubs, weeding, dividing perennials, more weeding.

These hot days often usher in drier weather, so please be sure to water! July rainstorms are notoriously fickle, so please pay attention to the conditions in your own yard. Take care of your yard this summer with these tips!

Summer’s long days and sultry nights can mean more time to enjoy your pond or water feature. But the warmer water temperatures also create a perfect environment for an outbreak of every pond owner’s number one headache-algae.

Mid-summer is an especially nice time to start a garden journal. Our to-do lists have shortened and everything is just so beautiful. It’s helpful to make notes of particular diseases or pests that may haunt your yard year after year.

No one can deny that it has been a wet spring. Official totals of rain and snow from April 1st through Monday add up to 29.58 inches! Compare that to last year’s 11.47-inches over during the same time frame. And that doesn’t take into account the areas that were hit hard by the spottier thunderstorms. Some neighborhoods received over 5-inches last Friday night.

One thing to do is to divert the water from your roof and paved areas into a rain garden.