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Keep the Gardening Going, All Summer Long BY ROSALIN ALCOSER
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ardening is something people can do all summer long and well into the fall, right in their own backyards. Planting projects provide fun activities and blooming color all season, and they can be done by anyone, who lives anywhere — from a sprawling farm to a studio apartment. While early summer is a popular time for container gardening, putting up
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hanging baskets and planting annuals in pots, mid to late summer “is a good time (for people) to start planting their beds and pruning existing bushes and shrubs, or moving things around in their gardens. Any of those things can really be done at any point between now and the fall,” says Jodie Ramsay, owner of Jean’s the Right Plant Place in Perham. When planting beds, gardeners should be mindful of both space and weather,
Choosing perennials that bloom at different times of the summer will guarantee something is always in bloom. (RosaLin Alcoser / Summerscape)
