7 Things To Do In the Garden This Month
It’s time to get busy with spring garden prep and planting! Here are a few tips for the best results, as well as some chores for the week:
1. plant cool-season veggies
Plant cool-season veggies like peas, radishes, carrots, lettuce, kale, spinach, and onion starts.
2. prune
Prune and clean up shrubs
3. start veggie seeds
Start veggie seeds indoors that need ~4-6 weeks to grow before planting outside, like tomatoes, broccoli, brussels sprouts, cauliflower, etc.
4. plant
Plant bare-root fruit trees, asparagus, strawberries, raspberries, and blackberries.
5. start flower seeds
Start flower seeds indoors that need ~4-6 weeks to grow before planting outside, like strawflowers, marigolds, celosia, and amaranth.
6. plant ornamental
Plant ornamental trees and shrubs, including bare-root roses.
7. feed bulbs
Feed bulbs planted in the fall with a bulb fertilizer.
Melanie has been with the family garden center business since 1999, gaining hands-on experience in nearly every aspect–from cashiering and greenhouse production to bookkeeping, perennial buying, marketing, and store management. Now serving as Finance and Marketing Director, she combines her expertise with a passion for growing the business. She and her husband, Russ, have loved seeing how plants, gardening, and beautiful landscapes bring joy to our community.
