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Here are some tips to prepare your lawn and garden this month:

Now is the time to get ready for Spring gardens!

- Trim back any branches from trees and shrubs that were damaged by the harsh winter.

- Plants which may have been pushed out of the ground by frost or high winds, should be pressed firmly back into place.

- Rake fallen leaves that pile up on the lawn to prevent suffocation of grass.

- Plant daylilies, bleeding hearts, and plantain lilies this month.

- Pick up and discard fallen fruit before spring arrives.

- If you plan to grow lobelia, ageratum, verbena, petunia, vinca, or other slowing plants from scratch, the seeds should be started indoors in the later part of the month.

- Plant and transplant perennials this month.

- Strawberries can be planted as soon as they become available.

- Keep records of your new seeds and plants as the New Year begins. Make a note of which varieties of flowers and vegetables do best and which do poorly in your garden.

- Prune fruit trees this month.

- Rhubarb, horseradish, asparagus and artichokes can be planted this month.

- Kiwis and grapes must be pruned by Valentines Day to prevent sap 'bleeding'.

- Continue feeding the birds, as you'll want them around to help in insect control when the weather warms up.

- Make sure your mower and garden tools are in shape, sharpened and ready for the season.

- If you started a compost pile, make sure to turn it this month.

- Brush or lightly shake any snow from tree branches and bushes.

 

How to Seed Bare Spots And Thin Areas - Provided by Scotts
Summer heat and drought usually cause thin brown spots in the lawn. Luckily, fall is the best time to seed and it’s EASY! Follow these simple steps and you’ll have a thick, green lawn.

 

Romans 12: 4-8

4 Just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, 5 so in Christ we who are many form one body, and each member belongs to all the others. 6 We have different gifts, according to the grace given us. If a man's gift is prophesying, let him use it in proportion to his faith. 7 If it is serving, let him serve; if it is teaching, let him teach; 8 if it is encouraging, let him encourage; if it is contributing to the needs of others, let him give generously; if it is leadership, let him govern diligently; if it is showing mercy, let him do it cheerfully.

 

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