Gardener’s To-Do List for June

June To-Do List for Zone 4

• Early in the month, finish setting out transplants of vegetables and flowers.
• Plant seeds of warm-weather crops, such as melons and squash.
• Sow more lettuce so you can keep harvesting leaves, even after the first crop goes to seed.
• Near month's end, plant cilantro to put in the salsa you'll make later.
• Stake or cage tomatoes and other veggies and flowers that tend to sprawl.
• Plant asters and pansies for fall bloom.
• Spray Bacillis thuringiensis (BT) on brassicas as soon as you spot cabbage moths.
• Mulch beds as soon as the soil warms up.
   

Photo: Christa Neu