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Keep up your slug bait applications.
Slugs and snails are hungry beasts. We recommend applying Sluggo or Sluggo Plus every 2 weeks.
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Keep up on harvesting fruit and vegetables.
Fallen fruit and veggies can attract or promote pest outbreaks (disease, insects, rodents, raccoons, etc.) Donate, trade, or compost fruits and vegetables.
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Fertilize roses with this recipe:
½ cup of each/rose of EB Stone Organics All Purpose Plant Food, Bone Meal and Granular Gypsum, 2 Tbsp/rose of Sul Po Mag and 1 shovel scoop full/rose of EB Stone Chicken Manure. Water well before and after applying.
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Fertilize your vegetable garden
to keep them healthy and productive. Feed them EB Stone Organics Tomato and Vegetable Food.
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Plant fall blooming perennials
to keep your garden full of color. Rudbeckia, aster, echinacea, salvia, Japanese anemone, abutilon, and canna are just a few gorgeous fall bloomers.
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Feed your container flower gardens
and other flowering plants every 2 weeks with Maxsea Bloom and All Purpose mixed together. This will promote lush, blooming plants.
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Encourage new flowers to develop
by deadheading your flowering plants. Be sure to remove the entire flower or seed pod and stalk/stem down to the next bud.
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Feed Your Plants.
By this time in summer, your plants might be looking a bit hungry. Give them the food they are asking for by selecting from one of EB Stone Organics Plant Foods. Be sure to water well before and after fertilizing to prevent fertilizer burn.
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Fertilize your lawn.
For a lush and healthy lawn, fertilize it with EB Stone Organics Nature’s Green Lawn Food. Get it ready for picnicking, partying, and all-around good times.
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Monitor your garden for increased water needs.
Train your plants to be more drought-resistant by watering deeply less often
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Start planning your fall garden.
Fall is just around the corner, start planning what you’d like to plant in your vegetable and flower garden. Fall is the BEST TIME TO PLANT perennials, shrubs, grasses, and trees as well. Reflect on what plants you’d like to replace or areas you dream of redoing and make room for new plants.
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Plant a butterfly garden full of nectar and pollen.
Don't forget to add in a few host plants for them to feed on as well. Choose from lantana, milkweed, buddleia, ceanothus, dill, asters and so many more.
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Summer prune fruit trees (lightly)
to create a desirable shape, control height, and remove suckers. It is best to prune apricot and cherry trees now (instead of in the dormant season). Prop up heavy limbs full of fruit to prevent them from breaking under the weight.
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Replant or fill in summer annuals, tender perennials, herbs, and vegetables.
We still have about 3 months of prime growing conditions for petunias, salvia, geraniums, fuchsia, cosmos, basil, cilantro, squash, cucumbers, and more.
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Plant succulents and cacti
for a bold garden full of dramatic, striking contrast. Select from agave, aloe, San Pedro cactus, aeonium, sedum, echeveria, to name a few.
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Summertime is fire season in Northern California.
Be sure you have done your part to create a defensible space around your home.
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Protect yourself from heat and sun.
Wear a hat and loose fitting clothing in light colors to reflect the sun away. Drink lots of water and wear sunscreen. Just a reminder because we care 😊
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Start thinking about spring blooming bulbs.
Spring blooming bulbs will begin to arrive soon. Start to think about where you would like to have a show of daffodils, tulips, anemone, allium, muscari or hyacinth blooms in later winter through spring. Prep your site and get ready to plant.
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Add a water feature to your garden.
Birds will appreciate drinking from and splashing in birdbaths and fountains. Water features have a cooling effect and soothe the senses.
