Christmas Make a fresh cut in your Christmas tree right before you put it in water. Keep water in your Christmas tree stand at all times. Add “Tree Life” to keep your Christmas tree fresher. Keep Christmas tree away from heat vents, stoves, and candles. Take down Christmas trees and decorations before they get too … Read more
Prune evergreens and spring-flowering hedges Sow Lawn seed once soil warms Plant bare root nursery stock Spray for fire blight at apple blossom time Sow wild flower seeds and native grasses Fertilize, mow and water lawn Sow cool-season vegetable seeds (early May) Sow warm-season vegetable seeds (late) Prepare dahlias, gladiolus and begonias Fertilize evergreens Sow … Read more
Water lawns & gardens 1″ or more per week Fertilize lawns Apply broadleaf weedkiller to lawns as needed Water new trees & shrubs Water all trees & shrubs in periods of drought Spray for pests, if necessary Treat iron chlorosis Fertilize vegetables Divide spring bulbs or mark for fall division Fertilize roses & perennials Mulch … Read more
Prune evergreens Sow lawn seed Water seedlings & new plants Prune hedges Contain garden weeds when they are small Check for pests & spray, if necessary Spread Semaspore when grasshoppers are first seen Fertilize spring bulbs with bone meal & trim back brown leaves Fertilize roses Treat iron chlorosis Weed, thin & fertilize vegetables Remove … Read more
Prune fruit & shade trees (except maple or birch) Spray dormant oil Hand rake lawns Transplant evergreens Apply pre-emergent herbicides Start warm-season vegetables indoors Plant Sweet Peas Remove tree wraps & winter mulches Uncover tea roses Start dahlia tubers Plant bare root stock Fertilize fruit trees Put out coddling moth traps Plant peonies Sow pasture … Read more
Leave mulches on Spray fruit trees with dormant oil Prune trees and shrubs (except spring-blooming shrubs, evergreens, maples and birch) Rake lawn Start seeds indoors Plant sweet peas Sow cool-season vegetables Check tubers & corms that are in storage Turn compost pile Plan vegetable garden, flowerbeds, & landscape projects
Protect plants from deer and rodents: Wrap trunks with hardware cloth Fence young trees Use spray repellents Put out Irish Spring soap Put out poison for voles Replenish mulch if needed, to tea roses, new perennial beds, etc. Spray anti desiccant on evergreens likely to winter burn, spray only on a warm day Plan landscape … Read more
Protect tea roses with mulch or rose cones Water evergreens well before the ground freezes Wrap young trees, dark barked trees & smooth barked trees to protect from rodents and sunscald Spray anti-desiccant on evergreens that are likely to winter burn Dig a hole for live Christmas tree & save soil in a frost-free place … Read more
Plant bulbs, peonies, lilies Fertilize lawn with 16-20-0-14 fertilizer Dormant seed pasture grasses Plant evergreens Pick apples & plums when they are ripe Divide & replant perennials Dig up glads, begonias & dahlias for winter storage Protect roses with mulch Transplant aspens after leaf drop Rake leaves-use for mulch or make into compost Don’t fertilize … Read more
Plant containerized trees and shrubs Plant spring-flowering bulbs Fertilize lawn with 16-20-0 fertilizer Plant peonies Transplant aspen after leaf drop Protect vegetables from frost Harvest garden vegetables Divide & replant perennials Fertilize flowers with high phosphorus fertilizer Water evergreens well Continue to mow lawn but decrease watering Stop fertilizing trees and shrubs Prune maple & … Read more