It may only be mid-February, but all you have to do is look around the yard to know that Spring is coming. In preparation for Spring, there are some easy jobs you can tackle now and really enjoy the early months of the growing season here in Maryland.
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Now - on to the easy Spring preparation jobs. Tackle one or two small projects a day and your yard will be prepared to spring back to live looking better than ever. If there are some jobs that are just a bit too much for you to take on right now - give Relms a ring and we'll provide and quote and get you on the schedule.
Some simple things you can do to prepare now for spring!
- Plan your garden and order seeds for planting perennials and summer blooming annuals
- Plant any left-over tulip and daffodil bulbs
- They may not come up as strongly as those planted earlier, but they won’t keep until next year.
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- Create your design and determine quantities and materials needed
- Call around to garden centers and look on the web for pricing
- Place mail orders for plants that are not readily available locally
- Plan out spring planting projects
- Service your mower and other gardening equipment
- Don’t walk on frozen grass, as you will damage the turf and leave impressions until the lawn starts new growth in several months
- Check trees and shrubs for winter damage
Look for broken branches, wind burned foliage, and plants heaved out of the ground by freezing
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- Check the germination times on your new annual and perennial seeds
- Start those that will take longer or can go out in cooler weather
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- Add additional mulch around growth tips if they start to sprout too early
- Make sure that bulbs have adequate water as they start to grow
- Watch for signs of new growth on spring blooming bulbs
- Watch temperatures and wind
- Water your lawn and plantings on warm or windy days
- Order summer blooming bulbs for installation in late spring
- Clean leaves and debris from planting beds
- Prune winter damage from evergreens
- Cut down injured or diseased trees
- Cut back ornamental grasses and liriope before new growth starts to sprout
Written on Tuesday, 08 February 2011 13:14 by Administrator
