Don't let the cold days of winter discourage your gardening habits..
Bundle up and take a tour of your garden and beds and take an observation of what can be done. Pay special attention to the following tips:
- Spread winter mulch in beds using leaves, branches from Christmas trees, woodchips or mulch to prevent heaving
- Go through your garden and inspect for winter damage
- Prune damaged branches and dead wood on woody shrubs and trees (test for dead branches by scratching bark and looking for green)
- Do some formative pruning on summer or fall flowering woody shrubs (i.e., butterfly bush, itea, spirea)
- Fertilize acid-loving shrubs, if not already done in fall
- Water evergreen and broad-leaf evergreen shrubs during warm spells
- Protect shrubs planted under the roofline from snow, remove heavy snow from shrubs to prevent damage
- Use sand, gravel, urea or kitty litter instead of salt on driveway or paths near gardens
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