Snow on Trees
With all the snow that is falling this February you need to knock some of it off trees. Take you broom and swing in an upward motion under the limbs. They have enough weight on them and don't need any more downward pressure.
No Measurable Precipitation
Two weeks ago I would have told you to go fill a 5 gallon bucket with water and dump the entire bucketful onto a tree and then go do the same thing for every tree. That is exactly what I did for my trees and some of my other bushes and plants. Do not let your trees go over 30 days with no measurable precipitation.
Bear Root Trees
Get ready to shop for bare root trees. They will be showing up a Lowe's and Home Depot any day. Pick out the one you think you want and then go into the store and look in the Sunset Western Garden Book and find out if the one you picked is good for this climate.
Starting Seeds Indoors
Get ready to start your garden seeds indoors the end of this month.
Iris
Fertilize your iris.
Compost
Check you compost. If it hasn't decomposed much this winter then add a big handful of ammonium sulfate (the stuff you use to make your lawn green) to your compost bucket and mix it in.
Great ideas Jene! I'll go dig out the ammonium sulfate (it's somewhere in the garage) and add it to my compost heap.
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