From Lisa Johnson, Dane County UW-Extension horticulture educator: Christmas trees: If you had a live Christmas tree and are disposing of it, you may want to cut off some boughs to use as winter protection for broadleafed evergreens such as rhododendrons, small boxwoods or mountain laurels. Don’t place the boughs directly on top of the […]
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Garden Calendar For The Week Of December 29th
From Lisa Johnson, Dane County UW-Extension horticulture educator: Trees and shrubs: If we have heavy wet snow, gently use a broom underneath the branches, pressing up rather than down to dislodge snow and ice from evergreens such as arborvitae and soft-wooded trees such as birch that may bend and snap under the weight. Bulbs: Over […]
Garden Calendar – Week of Dec. 8
From Lisa Johnson, Dane County UW-Extension horticulture educator: Houseplants: Check any houseplants brought in for winter to make sure they are not building up insect pest populations. Check closely under the leaves as this is where most of the insects hide. If your leaves have a sticky residue on them it is a reliable sign […]
Garden Calendar – Week of Dec. 1
From Lisa Johnson, Dane County UW-Extension horticulture educator: Fruits: If you have young fruit trees, protect the trunks with hardware cloth available at hardware stores. It can be wired into place and should be removed promptly in spring so it doesn’t girdle the tree. Hardware cloth with a ¼ inch mesh provides more protection than […]
Garden Calendar | For The Week of Nov. 10
Fall cleanup: Rake up fallen tree/shrub leaves and compost them if healthy. If you have had significant diseases such as downy mildew, apple scab, rose blackspot, powdery mildew, buckeye/horsechestnut foliar diseases or anthracnose, take them to the yard waste center where they can be hot-composted and properly destroyed. For vegetable gardens, if you have not […]
Gardening Calendar – Week of Oct 20
Perennials: Remove foliage from iris species or cut it back to about 3 inches for winter. This removes any iris borer larvae that may be overwintering in the foliage. After the first hard freeze cut back the “die-back shrubs” such as Russian sage, false blue spirea (Caryopteris) and butterfly bush (Buddleia) to about 18 inches […]
Garden Calendar | For the week of Sept. 29
Here’s a link to this week’s garden calendar for northern climates. #gardening http://host.madison.com/lifestyles/home_and_garden/garden-calendar-for-the-week-of-sept/article_43dec512-1115-5434-9132-58e75795ffdd.html Be sure to check back often for home improvement and maintenance tips. For more go to http://www.crewcuttv.com/
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