• On a 40 to 50 degree day apply Lime Sulphur Spray to fruit trees, lilacs and flowering trees.
• Prune dormant trees, shrubs, grapes, and berries middle to late March.
• Paint, remove rust, and repair your garden tools.
• Landscaping... It starts with a plan. If you are planning on landscaping this summer, now is the time to contact your Landscape Designer
• Feed wild birds.
• It's a good time to rototill soil additives like compost and manure into gardens.
• Time to plant begonia bulbs.
• Start your annual seeds indoors.
• Pansies are hardy - plant some pansies in the ground or in pots.
• Clean and mulch your flower beds.
• Before new growth appears, cut back perennials and ornamental grasses.

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• Evaluate your garden tools, paint, remove rust and sharpen.
• Consider starting a compost bin, recycle garden refuse.
• Prune winter snow damaged branches from trees and shrubs.
• Clean and aerate lawn.
• Apply pre-emergent on your lawn in late April or early May.
• Apply Dacthal around new trees, shrubs, roses.
• Fertilize evergreens.
• Cut back ornamental grasses.
• Spray for bores and diseases in pine trees.
• Plant trees and shrubs as soon as the ground is dry for digging.
• Tree wrap should be removed in mid-April to prevent dark nesting areas for insects during the summer.
• If cracks are present on your tree, be sure to keep the opening clean and free of rotting debris until the tree heals.
• Plant cool crops in the vegetable garden.
• Improve flower and vegetable garden soil by adding composted cow manure.
• Landscaping... It starts with a plan. If you are planning on landscaping this summer, now is the time to contact your Landscape Designer

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• Apply post-emergent to stop broadleaf weeds in the lawn.
• Plant annuals, herbs and vegetable gardens.
• Uncover roses, remove all debris, fertilize and begin a weekly preventive maintenance program against black spot and powdery mildew.
• Prune juniper, yews and spring flowering shrubs (after flowering).
• Once nighttime temperatures have warmed, houseplants can go outside for the summer. Gradually acclimate them to brighter light.
• Provide stakes or fencing for all plants before they reach full height.
• Begin fruit tree spray program after blossom drop.
• Fertilize evergreens once a month from May to August with acid fertilizer.
• Seed new lawns in early to mid-May, while nights are still cool and spring precipitation is still on the way. Do not apply pre-emergent weed control to newly seeded areas.
• Allow sun to warm the soil before applying mulch. Mulching too soon keeps the soil temperature cool longer, slowing both root and top growth.
• Last frost date is May 10.

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