Summer Gardening Lessons

I was thinking today about how quickly the summer months go and what summer gardening lessons remains with me. Right now, I’m listening to the tap, tap, tap of a cool rain storm on the roof’s gutters. We are now officially into fall and I don’t recall much of the summer months.

Of course, during part of the summer months we were overrun with cicadas. Their constant flights made it impossible sit outside and enjoy our patio, or even have a BBQ unless I wanted a hamburger topped with cicadas.

Thoughts on the Ending Summer

I am now able to give some last thoughts on my summer, what I accomplished and the summer gardening lessons learned.

I think the main thing about summer is that you can not take care of too many plants, unless, that is what you love to do. There is a limit on how much time you want to spend weeding and watering flower and vegetable gardens. It is also best to grow hardy plants that don’t need a lot of care or too much water.

I removed a large portion of a flower bed on the side of my house. It was full of weeds, never watered, and attracted rodents. Only one small patch remains. Now the area looks clean and taken care of. I rarely even look at that side of the house so why I had that large flower patch was a mystery.

I previously removed a bunch of forsythia bushes. They were, of course, quite lovely when blooming for a few week every year. But for the rest of the summer, I spent many hours trimming them back and off the sidewalk. Every time we had rain, they sent our new branches. It was, also, a bad location for a plant that likes lots of growing room.

I also experimented and planted some red beets seedlings in my garden something I have never done before. The red beets are still in the growing phase, so I’ll let my Readers know how the beet harvest turns out.

My Mexican marigolds, unfortunately, did not do well. I think they were either eaten by wild animals or slugs.

Tree branches were also trimmed down which gave the yard more light and air.

Ending Notes on Summer Gardening Lessons Blog

Gardening is a little bit of trial and error. You need to know when to dial your gardening back a notch.

A smaller well-maintained garden looks much better than a large weedy patch.

To keep things interesting, next summer I’ll be experimenting with new plants and vegetables. We hope you can take something away from our summer gardening lessons blog.

So until the summer months roll around again, try to enjoy life and have a good year.