For some reason, I always breathe a sigh of relief when April turns to May here in Southeastern PA. April is an unknown quantity: sometimes sunny and lovely, other times cold and snowy; sometimes extremely rainy, with lawns and beds too wet to get onto, and sometimes almost without measurable rainfall. Fortunately, whether wet or […]
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Planting Annuals (Flowers and Vegetables) in the Ground in April – The ONLY annuals that can be planted in April are cold season vegetables (broccoli, lettuces, spinach, cabbage, etc.) and flowers (pansies and violas). Warmer season annuals should not be planted in the soil until all danger of frost has passed. We know everyone’s eager
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DIMENSION Crabgrass Control with Fertilizer – The optimum time for the application of granular pre-emergent crabgrass control (delivered with an excellent, organic-based fertilizer) is mid-April through early May. Crabgrass, which must be controlled every year in sunny lawns, is a summer annual, grassy weed. The plants germinate from seed in spring, thrive in the heat
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You know, with the remarkably mild winter we’ve just experienced, I’ve kind of been holding my breath all of March, afraid that we’d get hit with that cold March blast/storm that would freeze and/or smother all the new bulb growth or freeze the swelling buds on magnolias and other early blooming trees. It happened last
Garden Clean-up and Spring Mulching – Messy is the word that comes to mind in early spring in our gardens. Old mulch is caked and cracked, much of it is washed or worn away; the beds are filled with sticks, leaves, and debris that have blown in over the winter; and last year’s annuals/perennials may
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