Summer winding down?

Don’t turn your back on your garden just yet. There’s lots to enjoy. My ever-bearing strawberries are still producing, and the tomatoes are in their prime.

I grew some of the blue potatoes (they’re more purple, actually) in a container, this summer, and harvested them early. I got a pound and a half of potatoes from a two-ounce start. Pretty good!

If your vegetable garden is still producing, too, consider one last shot of plant food. There are still weeks and weeks left for vegetables to increase in size or ripen up. So, if you haven’t added some fertilizer in the past month, help them out.

Fish-based plant food is one natural product that is available pretty quickly to garden plants and can make a difference fast. You can also use a fast-acting synthetic plant food – just mix with water.

Flowers in the garden and containers continue to bloom and bloom. Keep them watered when temperatures go higher and trim off faded flowers and scruffy leaves. Most will last well into fall. Consider a bit of plant food for these plants, as well.

Summer may be winding down, but our gardens are still going strong. Let's enjoy them!