Spring is coming! Birds are coming back to upstate NY and it's almost time to get our hands dirty ~ better find the fingernail brush soon. :)
What to do in the garden this month:
- Grab your gardening journal. If you haven't laid out a plan for your vegetable garden, do so now. Ditto any new perennial beds you'd like to install this season and any other areas you are thinking of re-vamping. Make a note of the seeds you've received in and those still on order.
- Trees and shrubs are best pruned prior to bud development. Prune now to maintain shape and promote good airflow. Spring flowering shrubs (such as lilac and azalea) and tree species that bleed (such as birch, elm, maple and yellowwood) should NOT be pruned now: wait until after flowering.
- Turn your compost pile.
- It's time to begin fertilizing your indoor plants in preparation for end of April repotting.
- There is still time to order seeds and start plants for spring planting. Take another peek at those seed catalogues: is there anything else you'd like to try?
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