With the Spring gardening season just around the corner, there are many projects that can get you under way before the gardening season arrives. A few early preparations for the Spring gardening season will bring benefits all year long to your garden.
Here are just a few OMG Garden Center recommends to get you started:
1. Clear Drainage Ditches
Leaves and debris gather in drainage areas over the winter. Now is the time to ensure that the spring rains will have adequate runoff.
2. Repair any Bowed Sides to Raised Beds
Soggy winter soil puts a strain on raised beds; sometimes a stake will rot and give way. Any bowed or leaning sides should be fixed now.
3. Weed your Spring Weeds
Any weeds which appear in your garden beds will be easiest to pull now, as the roots are shallow. So get those weeds out of your beds now before their roots have any more time to grow.
4. Mulch Bare Spots in Your Beds
Covering bare spots with mulch or ground cover will minimize the emergence of new weeds. Adding mulch to a depth of three to four inches is usually sufficient.
5. Thin Dead Foliage of Ornamental Grasses, Ferns and pull Vegetable Plant Skeletons
Once new growth begins, it becomes difficult to thin ornamentals without damaging the plant. New growth will quickly replace the culled foliage.
