Compost
As soon as it warms and dries a little we can finish cleaning the flower beds and put leaves and stems in the compost pile. Any thatch and grass clippings can also be used as compost or as mulch. Any weeds or trimmings can be added. Mix everything together and add a few shovels full of good garden soil as you are mixing it to get started working. In a few months you will have pure garden gold.
Lawn care
We are beginning to hear lawn mowers and garden tillers. The soil is still wet but by the middle of this week, it may be good and ready. If you weed and feed your lawn, now is the time...