Savvy gardeners know late summer is the time to put in cool weather vegetable crops. Herb growers do the same but for a different reason. The searing heat of our Southwest summers shorten the useful life of many annual herbs. When in June the temperatures climb towards 100 degrees, many of them rapidly go to seed and die.
I love the holidays but what I DON’T love is to spend lots of time putting up decorations that will not be there more than a month. That’s why I try to keep my decorating to a minimum. As far as I’m concerned, an hour or two is all it should take. More than that and I will become impatient.
May is that magic month when it’s not too hot, not too cool to enjoy the Great Outdoors. Even with “social distancing” in place, we can get out of the house and back into nature. A tasty part of this pleasure is the picnic table laden with potato salad, home style pickles, and meats smoking on the grill.
Between the winter winds that dries everything and the indoor heating static builds up everywhere. Turning on a light switch can be a startling experience. The wool sweaters we favor when it gets chilly only aggravate the situation. And if you forget to add softener to the weekly laundry – watch out!
Many of you have put down the last scoop of mulch, pulled up the last annual, and clipped back the last plant before the full assault of winter arrives in your area. While you can’t do much gardening in the winter, you can do some of those off-season chores.
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