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    February Chores that will Get Your Heart Racing for Spring

    Hands displaying a handful of dark wood bark mulch

    Below you will find a list of February chores that will get your heart racing for spring. No matter the weather, these things will help ensure that you have a successful growing season. 

    • Give all your garden tools a good cleaning and sharpening
    • Prune your fruit trees.  Find a pruning guide here.
    • Be sure to finalize all of your seed orders
    • Plant peas, potatoes, and parsley (seed) directly into the ground. The few weeks of cold temperatures will help them to germinate successfully. 
    • Clean up perennial beds and any leaves that are still lying around.
    • Look around your yard. Now is the time to move any plants that you have been thinking of moving or add new ones. Cut shrubs back before you move them.
    • Cut back liriope (monkey grass) toward the end of the month before it shoots out new growth. Prune evergreen shrubs after the middle of February.
    • Service your lawn mower.  Oil – Belts – blades – filters.
    • Prune berry bushes and summer flowering shrubs. You want to do this while they are dormant. Do not do it after they begin to come out of dormancy. 
    • On nice days it is good practice to turn your compost pile. If you don’t have a compost pile, it is a great time to start one.
    • If you have the space, add an extra row to your garden space to give your surplus to the less fortunate in your community.
    • If your Valentine has a green thumb or at least an affection for plant life, consider getting them a plant or a gift certificate for garden supplies.
    • Mow winter crops and turn them under if the soil is dry enough to cultivate.
    • Spread compost over the beds you will plant next month.
    • Plant bare-root trees and container shrubs and trees.
    • Put out fresh mulch or pine needles around trees and shrubs.

     This isn’t an all-inclusive, comprehensive list of course. However, it is enough to keep you busy till next month when a whole new list begins. It also hits the most important points that will get you off to a good start. So let’s get this done and get ready for spring! I’m excited, aren’t you?

    Happy Gardening!

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