Remove any tree wrap, covering mulches or rose cones from your plants.

Cut back and remove any dead tops of perennials.

Divide overgrown perennials and replant or share with neighbors and friends.

Prepare your garden by mixing in compost, manure, rice hulls, Alfalfa’s Secret or peat moss when the soil is dry enough work.

Apply crabgrass preventer to established lawns.

Apply fresh mulch to planting beds for weed control and to conserve water during the hot months.

Seed new lawns or repair bald spots while nights are cool and spring rains are still on the way.

Fertilize your spring flowering bulbs when they start to emerge from the ground.

Fertilize trees and shrubs for a healthy start.

Do NOT prune Oak trees in April, May or June.

Prune your forsythia other spring flowering shrubs after they finish flowering.

Prune out the dead canes from your raspberry patch. Thin to about 5 canes per foot of row to prevent overcrowding and air circulation.

Prune hedges and summer flowering shrubs before new growth appears in the spring.

Plant Pansies – they are tougher than their name implies. They are not harmed by freezing temperatures and snow.

Plant summer flowering bulbs like dahlias and gladiolas.

Plant perennial vegetables like asparagus and rhubarb.

Sow seeds or plant cold crop veggies directly into your garden. (Lettuce, radishes, spinach, broccoli, cabbage, to name a few) You can also plant root crops like potatoes and onions as soon as the soil is dry enough to work.

There is still time to start warm season veggie and flower seeds.

Clean out bluebird and martin houses.

Provide water, food, nesting material and shelter for migrating birds to stopover or take up residence in your yard.

Put out hummingbird feeders.