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February in the Garden

Often in February there is a surprisingly warm day. Everybody sheds their coats and puts a bounce in their step. The next day they hear a snow plow at 4 AM. But the brief warmup gets you thinking "what is there to do in the landscape?"

Here are a few late winter ideas.

Check out your garden tools, patio furniture, window boxes etc. Paint, repair or discard so you are ready to go when it's really nice out!

It's a good time to propagate some house plants. Abundant sunshine is on its way!

Order Seeds! Hey that's always fun. Try something new this year!

Prune decidous trees that need it. Remove dead or problem branches, crossing branches and basal sprouts. Make sure you know the proper way to do a pruning cut and get an arborist for the big jobs for safety and future health of the tree. The ISA consumer site has great advice here. http://www.treesaregood.com/

Try forcing the bloom on some early spring flowering branches. Forsythia is a common choice for this; but pussy willow, quince, spirea, and dogwood can be forced forced to bloom also. It's easy and gets you out in the garden for few minutes! Gather your branches and when arranging them make slanted cuts to help with water absorption. Put them in a vase and keep the water fresh, changing it a couple times a week.

Contact your local landscape service now for any spring projects. In a few weeks they are going to be very busy!

A garden center manager, writer, musician and webmaster; Lee Goins is often called on as an expert in landscaping and gardening. Residents of Shelby County Ohio have been bringing him pieces of trees, moldy leaves, and jars of bugs for 8 years in spite of the well publicized knowledge he prefers chocolate. His gardening help has been featured on TV, Radio, Newspapers and websites like http://www.shelbylandscaping.com

In The News:

Auburn woman is gardening master
The State Journal-Register, IL - 33 minutes ago
“They started the landscaping — we just took it to the next level,” he said. Gina brought nearly 40 “starts” from her former yard, adding them to existing ...

Tetanus shot may be gardener's best tool
Seattle Times, United States - 13 hours ago
The classic tetanus-inducing mishap is stepping on a rusty nail, but landscaping and yard work actually account for about a third of the cases reported in ...

Garden Calendar, Sept. 6-12
Contra Costa Times, CA - 21 hours ago
Association of Professional Landscape Designers — 4-6 pm Sept. 9. Speakers: Deva Luna of Earthcare Landscaping and Aaron Garner of Heavenly Greens. ...

Landscape construction class offers students a hands-on gardening ...
StarNewsOnline.com, NC - Aug 29, 2008
Some of them will complete two semesters and hope to earn State Certification in Landscape Gardening or State Certification in Retention Pond Management (an ...

Gardening: Plants also require recovery care after tropical storms ...
The News-Press, FL - 15 hours ago
The landscaping and woods in southern Lee County will feel the effects of Tropical Storm Fay for years to come, and some trees will eventually die an early ...

A garden and a park threatened
Christian Science Monitor, MA - Sep 4, 2008
Some of the most popular articles on the Monitor’s gardening site recently have been about edible landscaping and the increase in home gardens. ...

Landscaping with love for the Chesapeake Bay
Baltimore Sun, United States - Sep 4, 2008
... and requires nontraditional gardening techniques. Fourteen other Maryland counties and Baltimore City offer certification in Bay-Wise landscaping, ...

A Little of This, A Little of That...
Centralia Chronicle, WA - Sep 5, 2008
The subjects covered this time around include presentations on garden myths, beekeeping, protecting your home with fire resistant landscaping, ...

Garden Calendar
Bryan College Station Eagle, United States - Sep 5, 2008
Brazos Valley Farmers Market has a selection of fresh vegetables, ornamental and landscaping plants, herbs, honey, yard eggs and flowers. 7 am to noon. ...

Keep lawn healthy to deter pests
Times and Transcript, Canada - 11 hours ago
We can all garden and landscape more naturally. The reality is we can have beautiful landscapes naturally. Over the next few months, we are going to work ...

landscaping gardening - Google News

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