August is tree check month. Click here to report Asian longhorned beetles and for a visual list of look-a-like insects.
Now is the time to plant crops like lettuce, beets, and carrots for fall harvest.
Dig, divide and move daylilies after they’ve finished blooming.
The secret to growing any of the bramble fruits (raspberries or blackberries) is faithfully removing the canes once they’ve finished bearing fruit. Neglected brambles quickly become an impenetrable thicket of dead branches.
Plant Something Massachusetts is a project of Massachusetts Nursery and Landscape Association, and was originally established in partnership with Massachusetts Flower Growers’ Association.