Wakey Wakey Gardeners!
Spring is here and we’re finally able to get into the garden! You may have already witnessed some new life in your yard including birds, bugs, perennial shoots, and patches of green in your lawn. Seasonal changes are happening below the surface too as spring bulbs get ready to push up. It’s an exciting time and, if you’re anything like us, you’re just itching to get outside and start playing.
There’s plenty of prep work you can do right now to benefit your garden and your workload later.
Some of the things we recommend you start thinking about:
- Amending and Cultivating the Soil
- Breaking up compacted soil and adding new organic matter.
- Cultivating: Use the right tools! Use smaller hand tools around tender perennials, and larger tools for areas like veggies plots.
- Amending: Add organic material like compost, manure, peat moss, worm castings, etc.
- Weeding
- weed as you go for less work later.
- Raking
- Focus on gentle raking. Dethatch lawn later as roots strengthen. This soft rake is bomb
- Breaking up compacted soil and adding new organic matter.
- Watering
- As needed. Especially important for budding trees, bulbs, perennials, and shrubs.
- Good time to check the status of your watering tools.
- Need to replace? We recommend these: Garden Hose, Watering Wand, Sprinkler Spike.
- Fertilizing
- Only fertilize during active growth.
- As always, follow the instructions. Less is more, especially in spring. Slow-release fertilizer is a good option. We recommend these general purpose fertilizers from Miracle Gro & Promix
- Removing Debris
- Prune trees and shrubs before active growth. Careful not to over prune. Follow the “5 D’s”
- Dead, Diseased, Damaged, Dangerous, Desirable (Colin expands on these in the video)
- Learn more in our upcoming webinar.
- Prune trees and shrubs before active growth. Careful not to over prune. Follow the “5 D’s”
- Planning and Prepping
- Take Inventory. Test and clean tools, sharpen pruners, check and clean pots, etc.
- Plan those garden goals! Learn from previous years, try new things, and rotate crops.
The encore presentation hosted by Colin Hayles is now available to view on our YouTube channel.
If you’d like a copy of Colin’s detailed PowerPoint, click here: Welcoming Spring Webinar 2022.
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