Your garden is talking. Are you listening?
Yellowing leaves with brown or dark patches are a clear sign of early blight. Pay attention to watering practices and be sure to mulch around the base of the plant to prevent it.
Candace Godwin photo
The more you harvest, the more your plants will produce.
Bottom Pruning; Caption: Remove any tomato leaves touching the soil to reduce the risk of fungal diseases.
Determinate Sucker; Caption: Never remove suckers from determinate tomatoes. These plants produce a set number of fruits, and those suckers are future tomatoes.
Stippled, yellowed leaves are a sign of spider mites.
Flea beetles are tiny, but the damage they leave can be devastating.
As the garlic is harvested, bush beans take its place in the garden, ensuring productivity into the fall.
Slow down, be observant, and take a thoughtful walk through the garden… You never know what you might find.
By mid-July, the excitement of planting season has faded into the daily rhythm of watering, harvesting, weeding and wondering whether everything is growing as it should. The garden is no longer full of promise — it’s in full production.
But just as we schedule annual checkups for ourselves, our gardens also benefit from a little midseason attention.
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