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Springing ahead
Follow these 10 spring gardening tips for a great-looking
landscape year-round
SPRING IS FINALLY HERE, and with warmer temperatures comes the perfect time to start your gardening
prep. From cleaning garden beds to pruning shrubs and bushes - the earlier you begin, the better
your results will be!
1. TIME FOR A SPRING INSPECTION.
On one of the first warm days of spring,
put on your inspector's hat and head
out to the garden with a notepad.
It's time to see what happened
in the garden while you were
indoors all winter. Take note
of things such as cold, ice
or snow damage on plants,
and beds that will need to
be cleaned out. In addition,
inspect hardscaping
elements - walls, fences,
benches, sheds, trellises -
that have shifted, bowed or
rotted, and look for evidence of
new animal burrows from skunks,
chipmunks, moles and voles or
rabbits.
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2. ADDRESS HARDSCAPING ISSUES FIRST
In early spring before the ground is ready
to be worked, focus your energy on
hardscaping. This is the time to
repair damaged retaining walls,
level out paving stones, clean
out your eavestroughs and
fix fences, benches, decks,
sheds, trellises, window
boxes and raised beds.
These tasks are easier to
accomplish while your
plants are still resting safely
dormant.
Early spring is also a good
time to plan for and build new
raised gardens, widen existing
ones and tidy up your beds' edging.
When temperatures allow, add a fresh
coat of paint, stain or sealant to any hardscaping
elements made of wood.

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