Dig Deeper

If you have a Spotify account give us a follow. We’re going to share some of our favorite gardening tunes. To kick thing off here is a classical playlist that leans heavily into scores for period pieces for that cottage vibe. Let your imagination take you to the English countryside, Ireland, or, maybe, The Shire.

Episode Transcript

Hi! John Morgan here and welcome to this week’s episode of The Keep Growing Podcast where we take a look at the gardening outlook for the week ahead here in the Mid-Ohio Valley.  This week we’re digging into week 23 of 2024 covering Saturday, June 1st to Saturday, June 8th.

This weekend it looks like today is going to be your best day to get gardening tasks done as we’re looking at the chance for showers moving in on Sunday.  The upcoming week looks like we’ll be dodging showers, but we’ll have some temps in the mid to upper 80s which will be a welcome change from the downright chilly weather we had last week.  If the forecast holds, we’re looking at a mild upcoming weekend with another beautiful Saturday for the weekend warriors.

According to the almanac today, June 1st, is a great day to plant lettuce as a companion plant for tomatoes.  As I mentioned last week, they’ll act a bit like an edible mulch working to smother out weeds around your tomato plants.

On Monday, June 3rd, seed snap beans and carrots and you can also seed summer squash and corn for late crops.  It’s not too late to start a garden.  We’re not even to the first official day of summer.

On Tuesday, June 4th, plant tomatoes, seed cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, and Brussels sprouts.

On Wednesday, June 5th, seed pumpkins and winter squash.

Thursday, June 6th, we have the new moon, it is the time to mulch your garden to conserve moisture.  I’m a fan of using grass clippings as a mulch.  Just be sure they don’t become matted and also they don’t contain weed seeds.

On Friday, June 7th, plant celery, monitor for garden pests, and summer prune apple and peaches

Finally, on Saturday, June 8th, begin control measures for squash vine borer.  It’s one of those issues where an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.  I have lost many squash plants to borers over the years.

Lastly this week, I want to talk a little bit about getting more out of this podcast.  First off, check out our show notes page at bobsmarket.com/keepgrowing.  Second, we host our podcast on Spotify.  Over there you can answer polls and ask questions.  There’s even a feature where you can submit a recorded question that might just end up featured on the podcast. 

Finally, since we have a Keep Growing Spotify account, we can listen to music and share playlists too.  Personally, I have a wide range of music I enjoy listening to.  To kick things off, I have created a classical gardening mix.  It goes heavy on soundtracks from period movies like Pride and Prejudice to give it a cottage core vibe.  If you have the Spotify app, I’m adding a link to the show notes along with the handy scannable code.

Fire up Spotify, pop in some earbuds, and, of course, keep growing.