Photo from Lee Gadway
- Plan design changes to the garden on paper
- Schedule a design meeting with Deanna now
- Fertilize houseplants with a weak solution of fish fertilizer every other week to support new growth
- Repot or divide overgrown houseplant specimens using fresh potting soil
- Monitor houseplants for signs of pests such as aphids, scale, spider mites and whiteflies
- Discard forced paperwhites after bloom
- Inventory your leftover seeds and order new seeds as needed for 2020
- Seed starting indoors for the ambitious: pansies, onions and leeks this month
- Sharpen garden tools, repair and replace if not already done
- Bare root plants can be ordered now for early April planting (small fruits, trees, asparagus, roses, perennials)
- Use Safe Paw ice melt on your walkways to prevent salt damage AND harm to your pets
- Let splayed woody plants lie open in snow, do not pull out branches that are brittle in the cold and will snap readily
- Gently brush heavy snows from tree and shrub branches
- Avoid foot traffic on frozen lawns as this may injure turf grasses
- Prune red raspberries back to 18″ height if not done last fall
- Dormant prune orchard trees, dogwoods and other decidious trees and shrubs if temperatures are above 20 degrees
- Hang suet cakes or cones rolled in peanut butter on large shrubs or small trees as natural bird feeders, being careful to protect bark from wire with aquarium tubing
