The month of June has been brutal on our yards and gardens. We’ve lost track of 100 degree days already and know we have only had one substantial rain event, getting 3 inches in a relatively short amount of time. For our garden advice this month, we suggest keeping to your scheduled watering days and perhaps hand watering any tender flora that looks especially thirsty. Pots and containers will need at least once a day watering preferably in the early morning. It’s probably best to hold off on any additional planting you may be considering until cooler temperatures prevail (October maybe). Keep dead heading your flowers (cutting off spent flowers)  to encourage more blooms and you can now cut off any leaves from bulbs left over from spring. It’s never to late to mulch if you haven’t yet done so. This will help preserve what moisture is in the soil. Be sure to use natural mulch such as bark or pine straw. Rubber never breaks down and rock makes for some very high heat around the plants.