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| Use this calendar to keep up with suggested monthly maintenance of your landscape. Back to Step 9: Maintenance Jan / Feb / Mar / Apr / May / Jun / Jul / Aug / Sep / Oct / Nov / Dec January
Trees and Shrubs- Remove heavy snow from limbs.
- Water newly planted trees and shrubs once. Most established trees do not need extra water.
- Look for bare spots in your garden that could benefit from the addition of trees or shrubs in early spring.
Lawn Care - Winter water once or twice (depending on weather).
General Garden - Winter water once or twice (depending on weather).
- Start looking over seed catalogs and making your seed lists, including veggies.
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Trees and Shrubs - Winter water newly planted trees and shrubs once or twice (depending on weather).
Lawn Care - Winter water once or twice (depending on weather).
General Garden - Winter water once or twice (depending on weather).
- Start cleaning up leaves and other yard debris.
- Make a checklist of tools - clean,sharpen,replace,add, etc.
- Keep dreaming.
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Trees and Shrubs - Winter water newly planted trees and shrubs once or twice (depending on weather).
- Plant bare-root trees or shrubs.
Lawn Care - Winter water once or twice (depending on weather).
General Garden - Winter water once or twice (depending on weather).
- Reapply any mulch that may have thinned to avoid early thawing/blooming.
- Start seeds indoors.
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Trees and Shrubs - Continue planting bare-root material.
- Remove wrap from trees.
Lawn Care - Core aerate the lawn areas.
- Fertilize the lawn.
- Over-seed thin areas in the turf.
- Begin to mow weekly.
- Water as needed, following local watering guidelines and restrictions.
General Garden - Water as needed.
- Continue clean-up.
- Dig or rototill organic material into flower and vegetable beds.
- Prune late-blooming perennials.
- Plant cool season crops, such as spinach, peas, carrots, etc.
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Trees and Shrubs - Finish bare-root plantings by mid-May.
- Prune early flowering shrubs, such as lilacs and forsythia, after blooms have faded.
- Plant potted or balled-and-burlapped trees and shrubs. Be sure to note mature height and spread and place appropriately in your landscape.
Lawn Care - Fertilize.
- Water as needed, following local watering guidelines and restrictions.
- Mow weekly.
General Garden - Plant annuals after the danger of frost has passed.
- Remove foliage from spring-blooming bulbs after leaves have completely died back.
- Fertilize where appropriate.
- Divide plants (mostly mid to late bloomers).
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Trees and Shrubs - Prune evergreens, if needed.
- Water as needed.
Lawn Care - Fertilize.
- Water as needed, following local watering guidelines and restrictions.
- Mow weekly to a height of 2.5 to 3 inches to ward off disease and insect problems.
General Garden - Set out heat-loving veggies like tomatoes and peppers when night time temperatures are consistently above 50 degrees.
- Weed flower and vegetable gardens on a regular basis.
- Deadhead or pinch back annual flowers to keep them bushy and full of blooms.
- Monitor plants for early signs of disease or pest infestation.
- Keep planting - this is still a good time to plant many perennials.
- Clean up and divide early bloomers, such as Primroses (Primula) and Bleeding Heart (Dicentra).
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Trees and Shrubs Lawn Care - Water as needed, following local watering guidelines and restrictions.
- Mow weekly to a height of 2.5 to 3 inches.
General Garden - Keep deadheading.
- Keep weeding.
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Trees and Shrubs Lawn Care - Fertilize.
- Water as needed, following local watering guidelines and restrictions.
- Mow weekly to a height of 2.5 to 3 inches.
General Garden - Sow cool-season crops for fall harvest.
- Keep deadheading.
- Keep weeding.
- Start cutting back on watering.
- Divide early summer bloomers.
- Do not fertilize after August 15.
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Trees and Shrubs Lawn Care - Core aerate the lawn areas.
- Over-seed or plant new seed in thin areas.
- Water as needed, following local watering guidelines and restrictions.
- Mow weekly.
General Garden - Broadcast some perennial seeds, such as blue fax and penstemon, for next summer's blooms.
- Harvest corn, peppers, tomatoes before frost.
- Finish dividing plants.
- Cut back perennials, except those that offer winter interest.
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Trees and Shrubs - Apply tree wrap to sensitive or very small trees.
Lawn Care - Fertilize.
- Turn off and drain sprinkler system, but do keep a hose handy.
- Winter water once or twice (depending on weather).
- Mow weekly or as needed.
General Garden - Finish cutting back perennials that don't contribute to winter interest.
- Dig up tender bulbs like dahlias and gladioli and store for next season.
- Add mulch where needed.
- Put a mound of mulch around roses after first hard frost.
- Clean-up leaves and yard debris.
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Trees and Shrubs - In the event of heavy snow, remove build-up from limbs.
Lawn Care - Winter water once or twice (depending on weather).
General Garden - Plant spring bulbs for early color next spring.
- Winter water once or twice (depending on weather).
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Trees and Shrubs - Remove heavy snow from limbs.
Lawn Care - Winter water once or twice (depending on weather).
General Garden - Winter water once or twice (depending on weather).
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