Begin preparing fall vegetable beds for planting this month or in August.

Feed peach and plum trees with a high nitrogen fertilizer such as Nitro-Phos Citrus and Fruit Tree Ferlizer".

Prune roses to keep them in good shape. Cut out all dead or diseased canes. Shorten good canes by 5-6 inches. Loosen top inch of soil and add 2"-3" of pine bark mulch.

Cut off dead seed pods on crape myrtles to encourage more blooms.

Black sooty mold indicates the presence of sucking insects. Get rid of the insects and the black sooty mold will also go away.

Normally we do not recommend preventative application of insecticides. However, if you are going away on vacation, we recommend applying Nitro-Phos BugOut to prevent chinch bug or perhaps sod web worm damage from greeting you when you return.

Sow wildflower seeds from now until January for flowers next spring.