Regional Gardening Guide - Zone 3-4

June 1 to June 30-- Discover what you should be doing right now. Our experts share gardening advice, techniques, news, and ideas to make your garden the best ever.

Here’s what’s happening in your gardening region:

• 1.) Grow America’s favorite side dish – potatoes
• 2.) Go beyond basic white potatoes this year
• 3.) Many tall-growing and vining plants appreciate support
• 4.) Add color, texture and height to your garden with vines
• 5.) Weed like a pro

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1.) Grow America’s favorite side dish – potatoes.

1. The humble potato is a must-have vegetable for every garden.

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  All About Potatoes

  Potatoes are thickened underground stems called tubers. For good tuber development, potatoes require deep, loose, well-drained soil that is free from stones.

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  Planting and Growing Potatoes

  Potatoes are fun and easy to grow in the garden and even in containers. Their creamy nut-like flavor is heavenly.

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  Chef Ian Knauer Recipe – Crispy Potato Cakes

  Chef Ian of the Farm Cooking School in Stockton New Jersey Prepares Crispy Potato Pancakes with fresh Dill.

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2.) Go beyond basic white potatoes this year.

2. Try potatoes of various colors, textures and flavors.

• Potato, Red Cloud
• Potato, Yukon Gold
• Potato, All Blue

3.) Many tall-growing and vining plants appreciate support.

3. Have the right support for the right plant.

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  Staking and Supports

  Wrassling with a toppling six-foot-tall plant can be a struggle that is hard on gardeners as well as on blooms and fruit. So corral and support those plants with cages, stakes, trellises and arbors before they become overpowering.

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  Cucumber & Squash A-Frame Supports

  Grow your best vining vegetables ever with this quick and easy support.

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  Folding Plant Supports

  Grow your best Tomatoes, Peppers and Eggplants by using these folding and stackable plant supports.

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4.) Add color, texture and height to your garden with vines.

4. Grow fast-growing annual vines to cover a fence or screen an unwanted view.

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  Morning Glories

  Find morning glory seeds that grow massive, trumpet shaped flowers that burst from tall, dense vines with heart-shaped leaves available in many colors at Burpee seeds. Browse our assortment of morning glory seeds that grow quickly and provide stunning color to the landscape all summer long available at Burpee.
• Thunbergia alata Mixed Colors
• Cypress Vine, Red

5.) Weed like a pro.

5. Make weeding fast and efficient with the right tools.

• Wide Edge Chopping Hoe - The Weed Warrior
• Raised Bed Hoe
• Weed Warriors Collection