Flower Beds:

• Fertilize rhododendrons and azaleas;
• Remove spent blossoms.
• Plant chrysanthemums for fall color.
• Plant dahlias in mid-May.
• Fertilize roses and control rose diseases such as mildew with a fungicide.

Gardens:

• Monitor strawberries for spittlebugs and aphids with approved pesticides.
• Control cabbage worms in cabbage and cauliflower.
• Tiny holes in foliage and shiny, black beetles on tomato, beets, radishes, and potato indicate flea beetle attack.
• Mid-May, transplant tomato and pepper seedlings.
• PLANT snap and lima beans, brussels sprouts, cantaloupes, slicing and pickling cucumbers, dill, eggplant, kale, peppers, pumpkins, summer and winter squash, onions, potatoes, tomatoes, watermelon.

Trees:

• Spray cherries, plums, peaches, and apricots for brown rot blossom blight, if necessary.
• Place pheromone traps in apple trees to detect presence of codling moth.

Lawns:

• Lawn mowing: set blade at 0.75 to 1 inch for bentgrass lawns; 1.5 to 2.5 inches for bluegrasses, fine fescues and ryegrasses.

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More resources:

• Shop Lawn & Garden online
• The Nursery at Your Local Grange Co-op