Ready Set Grow
Soon the season will have changed from cold to warm and gardeners everywhere like me will be getting ready and getting set to start growing again. Before any planting is to begin your garden will need the Spring Clean-Up task of removing all the debris that accumulated over the winter months.
If you plan on starting an early flower garden, begin by removing and or composting dead plants that are left over from last year. If any of these plants were self-seeding they have already dropped their seeds and are more than likely beginning to sprout.
If you had perennials in the garden and you didn’t get a chance to cut them back last fall, when the new growth can be seen around the base of the plant begin to remove the winter mulch and then prune them down to ground level to allow air to get around them.
Your soft stemmed succulent green perennial plants known as (herbaceous perennials) generally like to be left standing during the winter months for extra protection, and will only need to be cleaned around the base and with the removal of any dead stems they will be good to go.
Brush up on your gardening skills also, if you plan to use the same garden layout and design or if you plan to plant a different variety of flowers remember that selecting your new plants is always the hardest. If you plan to keep things the same then spring is the perfect time to divide and transplant. This should be done while the weather is mild, and the soil is no longer muddy and the plants are eager to grow.
Don’t start digging in you garden to early however, wait until the danger of any late frosts have passed and the ground has somewhat dried a little. Getting young early sprouting weeds out is another thing that you will have to do, they tend to grow very fast and early when their roots are shallow, and the more you remove now while the soil is damp the less you will have to pull later.
If your garden soil is rich and healthy as spring arrives it should need nothing more than a little top soil dressing of compost manure or a good slow releasing fertilizer, plants love a good feeding in the spring as they start their new growing season.
If you properly cleaned and stored your garden tools before putting them away last fall you are probably good to go with only a few minor sharpening, clean sharp tools always work best. Then that’s it you are Ready you are Set now start Growing.
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