February ToDo's

 














Just because it was 80 degrees yesterday and you caught spring fever doesn't mean that next
week there won't be snow! I am happy to see some warm weather, too, but know that I shouldn't
get too enthusiastic!

 Here are some things to do now:

• plant radish, English peas, lettuce, spinach, Asian greens all outside from seed 
• buy and plant snapdragons, sweet william, dusty miller transplants
• be sure to put in some broccoli and chard transplants, plant a few sets of onions to have on hand
• plant blueberry, raspberry, asparagus
• give your monkey grass a hair-cut before new growth starts next month
• prune your knock out roses, your hybrid teas, too, if you have them.
• prepare pots for planting tomatoes next month
• put out Llama beans in garden beds for a healthy boost!
• whack butterfly bushes to 1/2 

 February is the beginning of our Southern gardening season. The next 8 months are soooo delightful.

Blessings from the Garden.
ML

Garden City February To-Do's

Spring fever is imminent, so get ready.

We will probably freeze again, so be careful!

Tomato plants are in the stores, but they

don't like cold weather...

Here are some things to do this month:

* plan your veggie garden...count on planting

foods you buy at the store...create a mini farm

in your back yard

* buy seeds from some of the catalogs I listed on

January 1st blog post.

http://www.mlchgarden.com/2010_01_01_archive.html

* add compost/mulch to your garden,

get your bed(s) ready for veggies in march!

if no bed, make one!

* cut liriope or "monkey grass" back before

new growth

* check out the "cool season" veggies available

now at your local garden stores--broccoli, lettuce,

chard, brussel sprouts, spinach.

* begin planting fruit trees, bushes. blueberries,

peaches, pears

* plant sweet peas from seed, be ready with supports

for these delightfully fragrant plants.

* wack your butterfly bushes back by 1/2...