🌿 June in the Garden

June brings longer days, warmer temperatures, and plenty of opportunities to help your garden thrive. Consistent watering, harvesting early crops, and monitoring pests can keep your garden healthy as summer settles in.

June Garden Checklist:
☑ Mulch garden beds to help retain moisture
☑ Water deeply during hot weather
☑ Harvest herbs regularly to encourage growth
☑ Check plants for pests and disease
☑ Support climbing vegetables with trellises
☑ Deadhead flowers to encourage more blooms

🌱 Featured Plant of the Month Lavender

Beautiful, fragrant, and pollinator-friendly, lavender thrives in full sun and well-draining soil. Harvest stems in the morning for drying, homemade sachets, or herbal gifts.

Growth Tip: Avoid overwatering—lavender prefers slightly drier conditions.

🍅 June Harvest Highlights

Remember to harvest often many plants produce more when picked regularly.

🐝 Garden Friend Spotlight

Bees, butterflies, and beneficial insects help gardens flourish.

Ways to support pollinators:

🌼 Plant flowering herbs
💧 Provide a shallow water source
🚫 Limit chemical use
🌿 Leave small wild spaces when possible

🌻 June Garden Reflection

What is growing well?

What challenges have appeared?

One garden win this month: