Planning

• Choose plants you would like to have in your spring garden and beds.
• Consider buying new plants you haven't tried before.
• Determine how many seed packets you need. Purchase extra seed if you are replanting a second crop of flowers after the summer heat.

Planting

• Start cold weather vegetables in raised beds or cold frame, including broccoli, cauliflower, onions, English peas, kale, carrots, collards, beets, radishes, kohlrabi, Chinese cabbage, and eggplant.
• Plant asparagus in prepared beds.
• Start herb seeds indoors to transplant outdoors in early April.
• Plant ornamental trees, fruit trees, and new roses or move old roses after February 15th.

Fertilizing

• Apply Hy-yield on shurbs and yard.

Pruning

• Prune evergreens for size and shape. Cut out dead wood from flowering shrubs.
• Prune hydrangeas that bloomed on previous years growth on last week of February.

Indoor Accents

• Winter-blooming shrubs can be forced to bloom indoors by cutting stems when buds begin to swell and placing them in water. Place sprays of forsythia, flowering quince, oriental magnolia, and fruit trees in a vase in a sunny window.

Equipment

• Check tools for rust and use cleaner as needed. Prevent future rust by lightly coating tool heads with mineral oil or used motor oil.