Season by Season

A month-by-month garden calendar for New England. Timely tasks, honest timing, and seasonal checklists from someone who works in this dirt.

What You Should Be Doing in Your Garden Right Now

What You Should Be Doing in Your Garden Right Now

Late June is when your New England garden tips toward a productive summer or toward problems that compound through August. I'm Cameron Hayes, and this is what I'm doing in my Dorchester backyard this week: suckering tomatoes, pulling bolted greens, adjusting watering, and catching the first Japanese beetles. A short, honest checklist for zones 5b–6b.

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