06/02/2026
🌿 What’s Happening Right Now ➡️HELLO JUNE
Your summer garden is likely producing most of its yield this month and into August. Think tomatoes setting fruit, squash going gangbusters, beans coming in. Collecting ripe tomatoes and squash consistently encourages more growth , so harvest aggressively — don’t let anything go past ripe on the vine.
🌱 What You Can Still Plant in June
You can still plant beans, lima beans, southern peas, peppers, sweet potatoes, pumpkins, and tomatoes directly in the garden in June. For fall transplants, start Brussels sprouts and collards indoors in June for transplanting into the garden in mid-July.
💧 The Big June Challenge: Heat & Water
Deep watering in the early morning helps prevent disease and keeps plants healthy during the hottest months. Tennessee’s humidity is deceptive — focus on deep watering at the base of plants instead of frequent, shallow watering. Overwatering is a common mistake.
🐛 Pest Watch
June is prime time for pest pressure. Watch cucumbers for cucumber beetle, squash for squash borers and aphids, tomatoes and eggplant for flea beetles, and brassicas for worms. Also spray for Japanese beetles as needed. BUT we have found just picking them off into soapy water is the best!
🍂 The Secret of June: Start Thinking Fall NOW
This is what separates good gardeners from great ones. July and early August are the prime time to start sowing fall vegetables like broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, and kale — which means your planning and seed-starting happens in June. Fall varieties are important to select carefully, as the best spring varieties are not always the best fall varieties — fall crops face long, dry days early and short, cool, moist days as they mature.
🔄 Crop Rotation Reminder
Don’t use the same spot for the same crop. Planting in a new place helps avoid soil-borne diseases that can build up in the same plot year after year.
Bottom line: June is the peak of your summer garden AND the launchpad for your fall garden. Harvest hard, water deep, watch for pests, and get those fall seedlings started indoors by late June.
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