The Almanac

Average temperature: High 91, Low 72

Rainfall: 7.35 inches

1. Moon phases

First quarter: June 2

Full moon: June 11

Last quarter: June 18

New moon: June 25

2. Moon sign planting dates

Above-ground crops: 2, 3, 7, 8, 25, 26, 29, 30

Below-ground crops: 12, 13, 17, 18, 21, 22

Control weeds: 14, 15, 16, 23, 24

Prune trees and shrubs: 1, 9, 10, 11, 19, 20, 27, 28

Time to plant

3. Vegetables: Boniato, calabaza, chayote, cherry tomatoes, dasheen, malanga, okra, roselle, southern peas, Seminole pumpkin, sweet cassava, sweet potatoes and yard-long beans

4. Flowers: Angelonia, begonias, bush daisy, butterfly plant, caladium, cat’s whiskers, celosia, coleus, coreopsis, Dahlberg daisy, firespike, four-o’clock, gaillardia, gerbera daisy, ginger, goldenrod, impatien

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