{"id":28364,"date":"2020-02-22T11:17:23","date_gmt":"2020-02-22T16:17:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/garden-goddess\/?p=28364"},"modified":"2020-02-22T11:17:23","modified_gmt":"2020-02-22T16:17:23","slug":"late-winter-garden-chores","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/garden-goddess\/2020\/02\/late-winter-garden-chores\/","title":{"rendered":"Late Winter Garden Chores"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-28365\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/garden-goddess\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2020\/02\/february-meltdown-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/garden-goddess\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2020\/02\/february-meltdown-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/garden-goddess\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2020\/02\/february-meltdown-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/garden-goddess\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2020\/02\/february-meltdown-768x1365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/garden-goddess\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2020\/02\/february-meltdown-864x1536.jpg 864w, https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/garden-goddess\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2020\/02\/february-meltdown-1152x2048.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/garden-goddess\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/33\/2020\/02\/february-meltdown-scaled.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The February meltdown has begun.\u00a0 The calendar tells us Spring will officially arrive March 19th.\u00a0 Are you ready for the 2020 gardening season?\u00a0 Before the last 2 weeks of snow dumps, I was out assessing my gardens, making notes of things that need attention.\u00a0 Apparently, I neglected to get all those acorns out of my garden and lawn areas during my fall clean up.\u00a0 So my neighborhood deer have been hosting late night parties on my property,\u00a0 pawing at the ground and feasting upon the nuts.\u00a0 Never really had that problem in previous years.\u00a0 Repairing those areas means one more thing to add to my late winter garden chores checklist.<\/p>\n<p>Now is a good time to take a stroll around your property and assess the garden&#8217;s overall health.\u00a0 During this dormancy period,\u00a0 (The time when your garden is not yet awake from it&#8217;s winter&#8217;s nap)\u00a0 a few hours of attention now will give your garden a jump start for the coming season.\u00a0 Here are things I recommend you put on your late winter garden chores checklist:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Evaluate your trees.\u00a0 Is there winter damage from ice and snow?\u00a0 Are they showing signs of insect infestation from last year and their health declining?\u00a0 Are they leaning severely with a chance of uprooting and falling or snapping during the next severe wind storm?\u00a0 There are many thing homeowners can do on their own with pruners, loppers and chainsaws.\u00a0 But for those larger scale trees, you will want to seek the assistance of a trained tree specialist.<\/li>\n<li>It is a good time of year to prune your ornamental and fruit trees for size and shape .\u00a0 But you will want to stay away form pruning maple or dogwood trees until after leaf out.\u00a0 These are known as &#8220;bleeders&#8221;.\u00a0 Pruning this time of year can effect the overall health of the tree.<\/li>\n<li>This is a great time of year to prune and shape shrubs that bloom in the summer.\u00a0 With the absence of leaves, you can see the &#8220;bones&#8221; of the shrub.\u00a0 This allows you to get the desired size and shape.\u00a0 This is the time I prune up all my hydrangea. (I leave the dried flower heads on in the fall for my winter garden interest).\u00a0\u00a0 I also hit my hollies with a hard prune if they are in decline.<\/li>\n<li>We generally experience ice on our driveways and sidewalks this time of year.\u00a0 I highly recommend you use calcium chloride deicer, versus the salt.\u00a0 This deicer is far kinder to your adjacent plants.<\/li>\n<li>Once you see the greens of your bulbs and plants emerge, apply a good spring fertilizer.\u00a0 In addition to your organic soil this is a great boost for your early garden.<\/li>\n<li>And lastly, don&#8217;t forget to replenish your bird feeders this time of year.\u00a0 The birds are returning to my garden and feasting on the remaining seed heads and berries from the fall.\u00a0 However,\u00a0 I want to welcome and retain their presence all season.\u00a0 They are valuable pollinators and my natural tool to decrease garden pests.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Spring is coming.\u00a0 Do you have a game plan for your garden season?\u00a0 You might need a little &#8220;<strong><em>garden coaching<\/em><\/strong>&#8220;.\u00a0 The Garden Goddess is scheduling workshops and individual coaching sessions to meet your garden needs.\u00a0 Check out my website :\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/gardengoddesssenseandsustainability.com\">http:\/\/gardengoddesssenseandsustainability.com <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Or contact me at: 518-390-9138 for more information.\u00a0 Let&#8217;s get<strong><em> growing<\/em><\/strong> together this season!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The February meltdown has begun.\u00a0 The calendar tells us Spring will officially arrive March 19th.\u00a0 Are you ready for the 2020 gardening season?\u00a0 Before the last 2 weeks of snow dumps, I was out assessing my gardens, making notes of things that need attention.\u00a0 Apparently, I neglected to get all those acorns out of my [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":73,"featured_media":28365,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28364","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.4 - 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