If April Showers bring May Flowers, what does June Rain bring?

FUNGUS !!!! I'm turning green are you? And not in an eco-friendly kind of way. (Although I suppose it is!)

Well, May planting was hectic, as you can see, no time to blog. We spent May dodging rain drops in an effort to get all our annuals planted, and June has been the same. Last week I went out and sprayed all my Zinnias, phlox, roses, for powdery mildew, black spot, and a host of other fungus' that I'm sure are lurking under those wet leaves. With many fungus' they don't start growing until the rain stops, and the temps rise, so I might have a slight chance of preventing complete defoliation of my roses, but with weather like this...who knows!

Lawns are looking a little yellow, since too much rain will leach out all the nitrogen in the soil, so if you have a lawn, I'd put on another light application of nitrogen. (10-6-4 ) It's the same with your containers, if the leaves are looking a little yellow, add a shot of slow release fertilzer to all your pots.

But, mostly, the rain is great! The rest of my garden look spectacular! Everything is growing like crazy and all the woody plants, and perennials we planted this spring are loving it! Unfortunately the weeds like the rain too, but, hey, we're gardeners, weeds are our middle name!