Nebraska Farm Bureau News
JUNE 20, 2012
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Your Backyard Give it a Couple of Weeks By Andy Campbell June is one of my favorite months of the year. The kids are out of school, many of us have been working hard to get our landscapes and gardens planted, and the start of summer is just around the corner. But while June is a wonderful month, the best is yet to come because in just a couple of weeks it will change. As can happen in spring, our landscapes are flush with growth and color, our vegetable gardens are moving along nicely and everything seems to be growing strong. It almost seems like a magic trick. Plant the plants, wait a couple of weeks then POOF, our plants are growing. Spending time planting our crops – whether for food or interest – and then waiting to see how everything grows, to some, is like waiting for Santa Claus to come. Will our new plants grow as well as we expect? Will we have a bumper crop of vegetables to savor or weeds to deal with? Will Mother Nature send us enough rain? Will everything grow into the dream landscape we have envisioned in our minds? Simple – just wait a few weeks and we’ll know. THERE’S ALWAYS SOMETHING NEW Now that the plants are growing some of us could be fighting insects, weeds or diseases and we’ll be waiting to see the effect of our care. As some plants have bloomed and are finishing we’re waiting for the next plant to come into bloom. Now that the vegetables are growing well we’re waiting to harvest our first crop. Every time we think it’s been a few weeks and we’re done with one issue or enjoyment, a whole new crop of concerns and delayed gratification can happen.
Overall this whole “wait a few weeksâ€? idea can be both my favorite part and most hated part of working in the nursery industry. There’s always something happening in our landscapes and gardens. Something needs a bit of care, something is showing its beauty, some weed needs to be pulled or sprayed, some vegetable crop is ready for picking, and on and on. I can guarantee you working with a landscape or a garden is never boring if you don’t want it to be. And June is one of the best months to experience it firsthand. JUNE SHOULD BE ABOUT‌ June should be about making sure everything planted is ready to go into the heat of summer. Make sure your mulch is 2-3â€? thick to keep weeds down and to hold in the moisture, and that you are ready to water when Mother Nature doesn’t send us some needed rain, because she won’t give us rain every time we need it for our plants.
June should be about making sure your chemical controls to deal with bagworm, fungus, red spider, grubs, webworms, aphids, or any of the other insects or diseases we experience in early summer are applied or ready to apply. And it’s a time to plant if you haven’t had the chance or need to fill some holes in the landscape. Annuals to perennials, shrubs to trees, all can be planted through the summer with some care. June could be about fertilizing your plants, both in the vegetable garden or your landscape to keep them growing happy and producing well. And do make sure you are using the right fertilizer, for the right plant, and for your specific situation. By using the right fertilizer you will get the best results from your efforts. And June should be about spending some time enjoying everything a bit before it gets too hot. Whether it is sitting on the porch with friends, visiting our many local Farmer’s Markets, or just spending a lazy afternoon enjoying the fruits of your labors, please do enjoy the start of summer and try to enjoy everything you can in June because as we all know, in a few weeks things will change. Andy Campbell is manager of Campbell’s Nurseries Landscape Department. A Lancaster County Farm Bureau Member, Campbell’s is a family-owned Nebraska business celebrating its 100th anniversary this year. It offers assistance for landscaping and gardening needs at either of its two Lincoln garden centers or through its landscape design office. Visit www.campbellsnursery.com for more information.
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