Begin your regular weeding program and keep the soil around your plants lightly tilled with a long handled cultivator. Dead head your blooming flowers - it helps keep the blossoms coming as well as making your garden prettier. Just double them and slip a rubber band over them to tuck them out of sight until they die away. For a beautiful lawn, be sure your lawnmower blade is sharp - chewed blades of grass make for a ragged looking lawn. Time to put out slug bait or mix a solution of four tbsp.
Control aphids early in the season by applying malathion.