Check with your local Extension Agency for instructions. Now is a great time to get your soil tested to prep for the coming season.If you haven't already done so, sow seeds indoors for eggplant, peppers, and tomatoes.Fertilize grapes, raspberries, and blueberries before growth resumes.The plants grow rapidly and provide colorful flowers in early summer. Scatter annual poppy seeds in flower borders.Select smaller rather than larger plants of the cole crops (broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, Brussels sprouts) since overly mature plants exposed to low temperatures early in the season tend to bolt into flower too early. The second or third week of April should be safe to start the process of hardening off for transplant outside of your onions, parsley, and any other cool season crops that are at least 5 weeks old.Birds will begin looking for nesting sites soon. Place birdhouses built this winter outdoors this month.All this information will be helpful in planning future gardens. If the variety is susceptible to disease, record what was used to treat any problems. During the growing season keep notes on how well the plant does. Include the name of seed companies, plant name, variety, planting date, and harvest date. Buy a notebook and use it to keep all your gardening information.Clean up any leftover dried debris from garden beds and toss in the compost pile.Resist working your garden soil! Working soil when it is still too cold and wet creates compacted clots. Avoid the spring rush and take your lawn mower and any other mechanized tools you use in for service.Start transplants indoors of tomatoes, peppers, and eggplant.Now is a good time to repot them if needed and give them a good feeding. ![]()
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