Monthly tips are categorized by To-Dos, What to Plant, or Pests and Diseases. Scroll through the list to see items in each category. Also, refer to our list of tips useful for any month.
To-Dos: May
Bee Swarms
Broccoli - Multiple Harvests
Citrus Fertilizing
Container Color Choice
Deadheading
Direct Seeding
Drip Irrigation
Drought Tip - Irrigate Efficiently
Drought Tip - Laundry to Landscape Irrigation
Drought Tip - Lawns
Drought Tip - No Fertilizer
Drought Tips - Vegetable Gardening
Empty Standing Water
Fertilizing Ornamentals During Drought
Fruit Thinning
Garden Planning in a Drought
Garlic Harvesting
Harden Seedlings
Inspect Roots When Planting
Irrigate in Circles and Spirals
June Drop
Keep Foliage after Bloom Fade
Lady Beetle
Lawn Care
Mulch to Conserve Water
Picking and preserving oranges
Pinching Flowers and Herbs
Planting Trees or Shrubs
Potting Mix vs Planting Mix
Prevent Fruit Tree Sun Burn
Protect Native Bees
Pruning Azaleas and Rhododendrons
Pruning Camellias
Should You Prep Soil for Planting?
Soil Management - Compost vs Mulch
Summer Vegetables
Support Your Vegetables
Tomato Staking
Tomato Suckers
Transplanting Vegetables
Water Budgeting
Watering Hydrophobic Soil
Weed Spotlight - Bindweed
Weed Spotlight - Filaree
Weed Spotlight - Spotted Spurge
Young Fruit Trees
Pests and Diseases: May
Aphids
Brown Marmorated Stink Bug
Carpenter Bees
Citrus Leafminer
Codling Moth
Earwigs
Eugenia Psyllid
Fire Blight
Fungus Gnats
Gummosis in Stone Fruit
Identifying Beneficial Insects
Rose Care
Spotted Wing Drosophila
Squirrel Control
Today’s Grubs Are Tomorrow’s Beetles
Verticillium Wilt
White Butterflies and Green Caterpillars
What to Plant: May
Asian Vegetables
Attracting Bees
Camellias
Chrysanthemums
Don't Plant an Invasive Plant
Fresh Cut Flowers from Your Garden
Growing Peppers
Herbs
High Yield Vegetables
Kale
Lawn Alternatives
Plants to Attract Butterflies
Seed Viability
Selecting Seeds
Stone Fruit Hybrids
Thyme
Tropical Flowers
Vegetable Planting Chart