By now your vegetable garden should be up and running. PH tested and adjusted accordingly.
Last year was the year for problems in the garden. June was very hard on the garden with all the rain. Included in that was a lot of diseased tomato plants. The box stores had many large issues with plants that had Blight. If you had such a problem, hopefully you removed the plants that were infected, put them in a sealed trash bag and threw them away. That being said, the soil is still contaminated and needs treatment. Fungonil is what is best to treat the soil. Covering this soil last year with black plastic is another method of treating the soil.
Be sure to rotate your plantings. Planting your plants in a different part of the garden each year helps limit the spread of disease and or when in doubt, ask your Eric’s garden coach!
The beginning shipments of all annuals, herbs and vegetables have begun but please beware of the full moon, what I call the farmers moon is 5/28. From 30+ years experience, after this date is when I would say it is safe to plant. If there is to be a late frost, it is usually near or at that last full moon in may.
See Ya In The Garden
Tom & Dave
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