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Spring Gardening Schedule
Jan 15 - Feb 4 - Beets, Broccoli, Brussels Sprouts, Cabbage, Carrots, Swiss Chard, Collards, Chinese Greens, Lettuce, English Peas, Onion Sets, Radish, Spinach, Turnip Greens, and Asparagus Crowns. Jan 15- Feb 15 - Irish Potatoes March 1 - April 15 - Sweet Corn, Cucumbers, Egg Plant, Peppers, Snap Bush Beans, Pole Beans, Mustard Greens, Tomato, and Watermelon. March 10 - March 29 - Pumpkin, Southern Peas or Field Peas, Okra, and Cantaloupe. April 1 - May 30 - Sweet Potatoes. Now is the time to completely clean out the garden so the bad bugs don’t have a place to over winter. Try to disturb the soil as little as possible while preparing your garden. There are beneficial microbes that live in the top few inches of your soil and others that live deeper. If you till the garden, you will move them all around, and it may take a year or more for them to get reestablished. Also, if you have root knot nematodes in the garden, you will spread them far and wide with your tiller. Tillers or best used when making new garden beds. It’s not too late to contact you local extension office to get information on getting your soil tested. It’s impossible to know what your soil needs for a successful garden unless you have the soil tested. It’s cheap and easy. They also have some great publications on growing vegetables, and information on when and what to spray when it comes to fruit and nut trees. Also, they’ve got lots of information on lawns. Don’t forget herbs this year. They attract beneficial bugs and add flavor and color to your fresh vegetable dishes. Dill, Cilantro and Parsley need to be planted now. Now is also the time to divide bulbs and perennials. You still have about two weeks left to scatter any wildflower seeds you haven’t put out, just be sure they have contact with the dirt and aren’t sitting on top of a layer of fallen leaves. Move any shrubs that have grown too big and are in the way, but cut them back by at least one half. Any other shrubs or hedges that need to be trimmed should be cut in a way so the top is narrower than the bottom, so sun can get to the bottom limbs and create a fuller and healthier bush. Don’t wait any longer than the end of January to cut tree limbs. Cover any oak tree wounds, especially on live oaks, with black pruning paint because of the risk of Oak Wilt disease. This is a good time to get those fruit trees pruned. Look for scale and treat with dormant oil. You can plant cools season bedding plants such as pansies and alyssum now. Beds can be prepared for spring by clearing them and adding compost and organic fertilizer. If the weather remains dry, you need to water your lawn so it doesn’t become stressed if we get a hard freeze.
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Happy New Year! It’s time for the spring gardening schedule. One of the best ways to work off some of that extra holiday weight gain is to dig in the garden and eat lots of fresh vegetables. Some veggies, like lettuce or other greens, can be ready to eat in as little as 45 days. This schedule is approximate. Although it recommends tomato plants for the first of March, be prepared to protect them if we get a late freeze. Remember that year it snowed on Easter. If you are lucky enough to have a southern slope to garden on, you might be able to get started a few days earlier. This schedule is good for seeds or plants.
