Gardening And More

  March Gardening Calendar As the weather warms, we as gardeners start thinking about Spring and what to do with are garden. Spring is a good time to check out new gardening books. Here’s a gardening book I would like to recommend Southeast Style Gardening and the book is on sale at Amazon. Here’s a Link to Check it out. Fertilize winter flowering annuals with a blooming type fertilizer. Water in all granular type fertilizers. Tattered Liriope leaves can be cut either with a weed eater or your lawn mower set on its highest setting. Lawns should have lime at least yearly. Have you limed your lawn lately? Use 40 pounds per 1000 square feet. Start spring flowers and tomatoes from seeds indoors. It takes about 6 weeks to get strong seedlings. Spring is a good time to prune your boxwood shrubs. Peach and Apple trees need to be sprayed with a fungicide recommended for fruit trees and spray the trees while the blossoms are on the tree. Prune back Holly shrubs that have got...

March Gardening Calendar Fertilize winter flowering annuals with a blooming type fertilizer. Water in all granular type fertilizers. Tattered Liriope leaves can be cut either with a weed eater or your lawn mower set on its highest setting. Lawns should have lime at least yearly. Have you limed your lawn lately? Use 40 pounds per 1000 square feet. Start spring flowers and tomatoes from seeds indoors. It takes about 6 weeks to get strong seedlings. Spring is a good time to prune your boxwood shrubs. Peach and Apple trees need to be sprayed with a fungicide recommended for fruit trees, and spray the trees while the blossoms are on the tree. Prune back Holly shrubs that have gotten too large. If needed, you can prune back to 18 inches. Need to divide your Hostas? When the leaves start to show you can divide and plant elsewhere in a shady part of the garden. Use a solution of SuperThrive as a root stimulator for best results after planting. Fertilize Pec...