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Dig Deeper:

You’ve spent all spring and summer working hard in your garden—now it’s time to reap what you’ve sown.

Here’s a zone-by-zone to-do list for the month of May.

June To-Do List for Zone 7

Plant pole, lima, and bush beans; winter squash; and luffa gourds.
Start seeds for fall crops of eggplants, peppers, and tomatoes to set out in July.
Cut and dry thyme, oregano, and mint.
Replace bolted lettuce with corn, malabar spinach (Basella alba), winged beans (Psophocarpus tertragonolobus), and southern peas.
Trap slugs with containers of fresh beer.
Mulch to reduce weeds and watering later.

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