Pushing Spring continued....
More things to do while Pushing Spring
Rake every square inch, twice or thrice. Blow remaining leaves and
dig out the moldy ones ... eww ick, nasty job. A great bonus when raking,
you'll find all the spring daffodils and tulips peeking through.
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Prune everything back to nubbins. Most of it will grow back.
Probably. I'm not really so sure about some of what I did this year.
Trim ornamental trees and shrubbery. We have a lot of 'burning
bush' plants that are spectacular in the fall. By the same token, they
all (about 15 of them up here) really needed a hair cut this spring.
This can take a whole day if you clean up your mess.
Cut down trees and shrubs that are in the way of the pathways or play
yards. We get a lot of kids and old people up here. Sometimes a
tree just gets in the way of the croquet game. Get rid of it. If there
is a prickley sticker bush close to the bottom of the sliding board, yank it
out.
Transplant hardy plants if allowed by rules and regulations regarding
that plant. This year I concentrated on tall ornamental grass, some spring
bulbs that got damaged. Rules say no, but I dug up and moved some
damaged daffodils and they are now ready to bloom. HA.. take THAT you
rule book!
Dig out rocks, add stepping stones. Clean up big and small "muddys'
(so named by granddaughter #2 who loves mud).
Check the garden hose and faucet connections for leaks and breakage.
If you did what you are supposed to do in fall this might not be a problem.
Identify and label as many areas as you can remember. Deanna helps
me with this every year. I bought these plastic plant identifiers with
permanent marker. Did you know that most of the permanent ink goes
away in the winter. Lets face it, if you are an experienced gardener,
you probably remember the location, genus and genre of every plant in your
yard. Then again, if you are an experienced gardener, why would you be
reading this?
Finally, get rid of everything that doesn't enhance your life. My
cousin Pat told me this once and it is one of the few things I have
remembered to take seriously. My husband asked me why I was
cutting something or another down. I told him I just didn't like it
and it didn't enhance my life. He shook his head and moved on.
The kinds of things that I don't like are stuff that gets in the way of the
kid's playing area. I don't like crabapple trees. No reason
other than I caught granddaughter #2 trying to pick and eat the 'fruit'.
So you see, even the most incompetent gardener can find things to occupy
her time while waiting for spring to really be sprung!
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