With the Earth tilted towards the sun, the days grow longer and warmer, and the chance for a beautiful garden becomes possible after a cold, dark winter.  Now that you’ve got the chance to grow flowers, however, you’ve also got to do some maintenance and preventative work.  What are the three biggest care issues with the summer season?

Weeding Out Problems

The summer sun makes your geraniums grow strong, but also does so for all other green plants that find a bare patch of soil appealing.  Weeds of all manner will flock to your garden and soak up the fertilizer and water that you want to keep specifically for your own plants.  Unless you decide to move your garden indoors and take up hydroponics, you’ll need to weed vigilantly.  A swing-head hoe can be heavensent when you need to pull up a weed-infested garden but don’t want to hurt your back or knees by getting up close and personal to the soil.  These tools pull up weeds without disturbing the mulch layers.

Water With Restraint

Depending on where you live in the summer, you may receive a lot of precipitation, or very little at all.  You should always water plans with an eye on the weather and attention towards which plants need more moisture than others.  If you grow grapes, for instance, you may only need to water them once a week.  In general, it’s recommended that you water many times in small quantities rather than in large quantities all at once, since this allows more to be captured by the root matrix instead of sinking into the soil.  A drip irrigator may be more beneficial than a simple watering can.

Bug Bites

You want to admire the flowers from a garden like the Edith June Orchid, but you have competition from the insects around your property who want to eat them first.  You can spray your plants with pesticides, but you’ll have to carefully wash them off before handling any flowers.  Instead, consider an insect weave net that discourages all but the tiniest of pests from getting through.  You can also transplant an ant colony near to your garden to attack the bugs that seek to prey on the fruits of your labor.