To Do in the Garden: June 2026
NC State Extension Master Gardener (SM) volunteer Gary Crispell gives us a head start on summer gardening with an update on June tasks in the landscape, from soil tests to planting to pruning.
Homegrown Corn
There are some things we grow in the garden every year. The garden “staples”, the things we eat a lot of, the things that grow well here, and the things that we preserve for the winter. Then there are some experiments in the garden each year. Things that we grow because we’re curious. They are sometimes things that don’t necessarily grow the best where we are, but we want to try them anyway. Things like sweet potatoes, for instance, and watermelon (we haven’t given up on that yet.) Growing corn was not really an “experiment”, we’ve grown it in the garden plenty of times before. We don’t grow it every year, though, because we have limited space and limited sun, so we usually devote that growing space to other things. Honestly, corn doesn’t grow the best in our little garden spot, but we like to grow it from time to time anyway. These pictures were from corn that we grew in last year’s garden. Jeff and B saw so many beautiful, colorful varieties and wanted to give them a try. Th...
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