What to do in April for Gardening

-Fertilize all plants, either with a slow release granular or an organic meal.  All plants include trees, shrubs, perennials, evergreens, berries and fruit trees. We recommend the Fertilome Tree and Shrub Fertilizer or the Lilly Miller Azalea Camelia Rhododendron Fertilizer for a granular.  For organic meals we recommend the Espoma Tone line of fertilizers.

-After your trees and shrubs have sprouted foliage for the spring prune out or remove any dead branches.

-Prepare warm season vegetable beds by working compost into the soil. 

-Apply crabgrass control to the lawn.  Be sure to time it for when there is a rain storm or when your irrigation system comes online. 

-Turn on sprinkler system.

-Check it and repair sprinkler system, make sure there is no damage from winter and all plants are getting watered.

-You can plant warm season annuals and vegetables, but be mindful and ready to protect them from frosts.

-Celebrate Arbor Day!