• Make someone feel special on Valentine’s Day!
• Set out lots of colorful annuals to brighten your
landscape.
• Feed the entire landscape!
• Plant lots of herbs and create flavorful winter meals.
• Apply beneficial nematodes to control ticks and
thrips.
• Add woody trees and shrubs to your landscape.
• Beginning in mid-February prune green and
summer-flowering shrubs as well as bush roses.
• Put out trichogramma wasps for caterpillar
control. (beginning in early February)
• Apply compost to turf areas for improved growth
and better water retention.
• Offer fresh food and water to birds.
• If green winter weeds are present in a brown
lawn, control them with orange oil/vinegar.
• Sow Playmate winter rye for a green lawn, to
prevent mud, and to help stop soil erosion.
• Cut back ornamental grasses before they begin
their spring growth.
• Spray scale-susceptible plants with dormant oil.
• Prune peaches, plums, and apricots.
• Prepare the soil for the spring vegetable garden.
• Plant snow peas, asparagus crowns, onions, and
blackberries.
• Start tomato seeds indoors. (January)
• Start the New Year out right by enjoying brisk
winter walks.