Mount Holly Newsflash - Wednesday, June 2, 2021 - Morning edition The weather today in Mount Holly - A chance of rain showers after 5pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 75. Southwest wind 2 to 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. Archived Newsflash emails can be read at: https://mthollynewsflash.blogspot.com
Vermont Home Gardener
Transplant Time Is Here, Are your Plants Ready?
The beginning of June brings better gardening weather, what a welcome change! Although it's been a bit dry for Vermont spring, recent rains have created a great time to get some plants into their outdoor homes for the summer. Broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, onions, and more salad greens can move out now but it's still a little early for heat loving plants like basil, tomatoes, beans, cucumbers, squash, okra, & peppers. Annual flowers like geraniums, petunias, marigolds, nasturtiums, and sweet peas will do well outside now. Some adventuresome gardeners have already planted out their tomatoes and they might do well, but cool nights will stunt growth so I'll wait just a little longer. Transplanting into the garden is a major change for plants and taking some care to minimize the trauma will help plants get through transplant shock smoother and carry on with their growth.
Whether you grow your own seedlings (Congratulations!) or buy your garden plants, they will need some preparation for the transition out to the "real world". There are big differences between the comfortable indoors (house or greenhouse) and the tough world outside and plants need a little help to adapt to those harder conditions outside. This process is called "hardening off" and it is easy if you follow a few basic steps we discuss in this article …
Birds & Blooms is your chance to find a one of a kind bird house or feeder, potted plants, and gift worthy art from carvings to photographs and pottery! Join the outdoor fun and see the ladies in their bird hats, Saturday June 26 at Svec Memorial Park, Proctorsville, VT from noon to 5pm. Wrap it up with dinner at Murdocks' or a beer at Outer Limits and thanks for supporting Cavendish Streetscapes. Find us on Facebook to preview more items.
Frost Hill Peony Nursery is selling mature peony plants out of their field this Sat the 5th and Sun the 6th from 9 A.M to 1 P.M only. $15 each. This is "Dig Your Own" so bring a shovel, tarp, boxes etc to bring them home in. No phone calls please. (979 Frost Hill Rd, Belmont)
