{"id":27545,"date":"2014-05-28T08:00:45","date_gmt":"2014-05-28T14:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/?p=27545"},"modified":"2016-03-28T20:04:26","modified_gmt":"2016-03-29T02:04:26","slug":"plant-june-southwest-idaho-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyimprovisations.com\/plant-june-southwest-idaho-garden\/","title":{"rendered":"What to Plant in June in the Southwest Idaho Garden"},"content":{"rendered":"
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An open pollinated bell pepper that I got planted late, but will transplant into the garden soon anyway. Many warm weather plants take off phenomenally when the warm weather hits and they have plenty of root space!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

June can be intense<\/strong> in the garden in southwest Idaho. Even though there has been time to plant some cool weather crops earlier in spring, the end of May and the beginning of June is the time to plant all<\/span> of the warm weather crops. Although it can vary some with exact variety, there are many warm weather crops that need every possible minute of the warm months to reach maturity.<\/p>\n

That is why<\/strong> it is good to gradually use the cooler months, when you have been itching to plant things, to get garden beds ready for the final push in late spring planting. While from March to May, it makes sense to weed and plant as you go along, in June, it really helps if the garden beds are ready ahead of time for some major planting time, if your garden is of any significant size. However, that doesn\u2019t mean they have to be perfect, it just means the exact areas where you need to plant the seeds should be reasonably bare. You can try to get back to more thorough weeding later. (click on any photo to enlarge)<\/em><\/p>\n

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A photo of last year’s zucchini (summer squash) to inspire me to plant this year.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Warm weather crops<\/strong>, in Idaho terms, are those that:<\/p>\n