Sage Advice - Betsy
Each month, Sage, our resident herb expert will talk
about herbs and gardening tips.
Spray for pests now. Spray roses, fruit trees and other ornamentals prone to mites, scale and lacebug with dormant oil to kill overwintering eggs. An oil spray i
s winter will minimize pest problems this growing season but read label instructions, which advise against spraying certain conifers as well as evergreens with winterburn.Continue to clean up garden beds in advance of spring. Cut back faded perennial foliage and rake wind-blown leaves, which may be covering emerging bulbs and harboring slugs and other pests. The leaves can be chopped up and placed on a compost pile. Stay off soft, wet soil to avoid compaction. A plank can be used to spread your weight.
Cool season herbs and vegetables can be started from seed indoors over the next two weeks for planting outside in April. Candidates include lettuce, spinach, arugula, onions and leeks.
Hoe or pull winter weeds that have taken hold in garden beds and are preparing to bloom and seed, especially henbit and chickweed.
Garden Tips from Washington Post
Until the next thyme
Betsy
