Lawns
- Apply fertilizer and crabgrass pre-emergent to lawn
- Sow grass seed (use seed-safe crabgrass control)
Gardens
- Plant peas, onions and potatoes
Trees
- Spray fruit trees (dormant oil)
- Put in fertilizer tree spikes
- Look for Dogwoods, Serviceberry and others in bloom
- Willows first to leaf out
- Maple first to flower
Perennials
- Cut dead ornamental grass down to 4" to 6"
- Uncover perennial beds (late March)
- Take pictures of bulbs so you know where to fertilize and plant more bulbs next fall
- Look for spring bulbs (fall planting)
Roses
- Uncover roses and trim out dead wood (late March)
Other
- Put all dead material into compost pile