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Early Spring Tasks in Garden

IF YOU’RE EAGER TO GET TO WORK IN THE YARD, A UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS EXTENSION HORTICULTURIST IS OFFERING SOME IDEAS OF WHERE TO START. 

 

FIRST YOU CAN BEGIN WITH CLEAN UP, CLEARING DEAD BRANCHES, TWIGS AND PINECONES. OLD PERENNIAL GROWTH CAN BE LEFT ALONE UNTIL TEMPERATURES ARE CONSISTENTLY IN THE 50’S, OFFERING PROTECTION FROM LATE FROST AND RABBITS. IT’S ALSO A GOOD TIME TO DO SOME PRUNING SAYS THE U OF I EXTENSION’S RICHARD HENTSCHEL.

 

 

HENTSCHEL SAYS SOME PARTS OF THE STATE CAN START PLANTING…

 

 

HENTSCHEL SAYS IN SOME AREAS, YOU CAN PROBABLY START PLANTING SUMMER FLOWERING BULBS. HE NOTES THE SOIL TEMPERATURE NEEDS TO BE IN THE 50’S TO HAVE THE BEST SUCCESS.

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