Flower Power Garden Hour

It is the June To Do List, and here in Zone 9 it seems that summer has arrived.  Hot weather is becoming the daily norm, and everything is quickly drying up from a very wet winter.  At this point in the garden a lot of the hard prep work has been done and we now begin summer maintenance mode.    It is time to plant: ·       Perennials, roses, herbs, veggies… beans, corn, cucumbers, tomatoes, watermelon, melons, okra, chard, eggplant, peppers, pumpkins, squash, watermelon, cucamelons Chores include: ·       Mulch ·       Deadhead roses ·       Rootstock suckers ·       Look for pests ·       Plant flowers   We finish up with a Listener Q&A section.  Topics covered include: ·       Fertilizer for dragon fruit? ·       Anything that can be done to help tomato flowers set fruit? ·       Preparation for removing lawn for a water wise landscape. ·       Large, very old female mulberry tree(s) are being removed by the city of Stockton.  What will the impact be on the remaining male mulberry tre