Remove Those Garden Weeds

Sunday, April 1 - Seeing that the weeks temperatures will be in the 60's, it appears Spring is around the corner. This week I will  daily check my strawberry and blueberry plants to make sure the cool nights do not affect the early blooms which are beginning to form. It is so important to check the low for each night as a frost or even unusually low temperatures could drastically effect what will be produced during the spring and summer months.

Do not be afraid to cover these plants if the temperatures are predicted to plummet. Using trash bags (or straw on strawberries) is an excellent way to maintain a shield to protect these plants under these conditions.

It is too early to remove the straw from your strawberry plants even if the plants are beginning to "pop out" from you winter cover.

Check your vegetable garden and monitor the growth of your peas. By now, they should have be visible and an early planting may be ready to climb your fencing. Do not be afraid to help the runners attach to the fencing so they can begin to climb your guides.

Make sure to remove any weeds found in your garden, especially around the cool weather crops you have planted. Besides draining nourishment from the soil, they will impede the growth of your crops.

Lastly, it will be a week where I will begin to remove all the weeds from my flower gardens. It is time to prepare for the annual mulch I will be putting down. With the unusually warm winter we had this year, the abundant amount of chickweed has taken over many areas.