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Spring Gardening Tips
Spring Gardening Tips and Garden Schedule
Use these spring gardening tips Springtime is one of my favorite seasons- I love the sunshine, the smells, the rain showers; all of it. It’s a time full of expectation of beautiful flowers and plants that are or will be blooming right round the corner. Here are some ideas to help make the best use of this wonderful time of year. The spring gardening tips and schedule below will set the scene for your wonderful summer gardens…. I hope these ideas will get you excited and motivated to plan and prepare for the beauty of the next season …..summer.
Early Spring Clean out the garden beds Pull any weeds that have sprouted in your gardens.Enjoy the spring bulbs planted last fall.Clear away any leaves and debris so you get full view of these bright spots- especially if the bulbs were planted under large leaves like hosta. Get your containers and
planters
ready for this years
container garden.
Start acclimating your seedlings
started indoors,
for outdoor planting . Read more about
how to harden off
your indoor seedlings.Bring out any garden accessories that have been in winter storage, like garden statues, bird baths, planters and containers, etc. Begin to move your plants outside that you’ve been over wintering – like
begonias,
coleus
or geraniums
(only after the threat of frost is gone!)Read and check your
garden journal
and see what happened this time last year. Review any notes that you made to yourself for changes you want to make to the gardens. Enjoy the spring bulbs that are blooming and adding color and freshness to your yard and garden!
Late SpringTurn the soil in the garden beds when it’s dry to the touch . Add
compost
or other organic material to get your garden off to a great start. Learn how to home compost. Remove protective cones, burlap , or other forms of winter protection Divide and transplant perennials that have gotten too big for the space.Plant any new perennials.( after the threat of frost is gone) Design and plant your container gardens . Check you garden journal notes from last year. Try new color combination's or growing new kinds of annual flowers in your containers. Cover your container plant with blankets if the temps fall below freezing. Prune evergreens that have winter kill . Prune flowering bushes that have completed their spring blooms. Add mulch to your flower beds . Freshen up garden beds. Cover any bare spots and add more to any areas that may have washed away around shrubs and trees. Add new garden beds. You probably have ideas that you recorded in your garden journal. Now is the time to implement and turn those ideas into reality! Plant bulbs that have been over wintered – like dahlias, or gladiolus flowers. Plant annual flowers directly in the ground like geraniums, coleus, or zinnia . I hope that you’ve found these Spring Gardening Tips useful. Print this page and put in your garden Journal for easy reference. Happy Planting !
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