Alaska gardening: A bit of sunny and warm weather in Southcentral, and oh how the yard and gardens are responding
Finally! A bit of summer, sunny and warm weather, and oh how the yard and gardens will respond. Meadows need mowing. Vegetable, annual and perennial beds need weeding and mulching. And the compost pile calls out for some dry material to soak up the rain.
Hoeing makes the quickest work of weeds. Since you are hopefully going to follow up with a layer of mulch, you can leave the weed tops which will be smothered and decayed. OK, so as noted, next you should mow your lawn. I am sure it needs it. The tendency after a long period of rain when the lawn grows out is to cut it really short. After a few missed mowings we naturally want it to return to the height is normally is at and if it might start raining for weeks again, you want to have the lawn look good. Don’t do it.
Let me remind you that tall grass makes a great palate for pattern mowing. Your yard is one big Etch A Sketch. Now is the time to mow in circles because it is quickest, but when you have time consider ovals, hearts, diagonals or other designs.
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