Gardentalk

Can you pick them all? Cherries, raspberries, strawberries, nagoonberries, red huckleberries and blueberries are all in season in the Juneau area.

Harvest your bolting and flowering vegetables and herbs now before their quality and taste decline.

Thin out plant stems and leave the doors open to promote ventilation and prevent fungus and disease.

Slug bait, beer traps, and an old pair of scissors are the most popular weapons in the war on slugs. Also, don’t forget about the Garden Tours on Saturday.

Whether it’s annuals and fuschias or shrubs like lilacs and rhododendrons, trimming fading flowers will allow leaves to devote more food and energy to the plant to flower later this season.

Maximize your garden space by planting more vegetables as soon as the first early crops are harvested.