| Vermont Home Gardener Are Your Plants Ready? June brings better gardening weather, what a welcome change! Although it's been dry for Vermont spring, recent rains have created better conditions to get new plants into their outdoor homes. Broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, onions, and salad greens have mostly been planted out. It's time for heat loving plants like basil, tomatoes, beans, cucumbers, squash, okra, sweet potatoes, & peppers to be in the ground. Annual flowers like geraniums, petunias, marigolds, nasturtiums, and snapdragons will do well outside now too. Early transplanted tomatoes and pepper will do well, but cool nights have slowed growth so be patient, they will soon get going! Transplanting into the garden is a major shock for plants so let's talk about "hardening" them off to minimize the stress & help their growth. It's also time to start watching for early insect pests, to prune some flowering shrubs, and NOT to fertilize your lawn now. Read the full article at VermontHomeGardener.com
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