MAINTAIN YOUR VALUE BY MAINTAINING YOUR HOME--PREPARE YOUR LAWN AND GARDEN FOR WINTER
• Maintain your lawn at 2.5 in. as long as it continues to grow. Seed your lawn with premium grass seed for a thicker lawn that will crowd out weeds when spring arrives.
• Apply a winter care fertilizer approximately four weeks before you expect frost.
• Pick-up fallen fruit to prevent disease and insects from overwintering.
• Remove dying annuals and spent flowers on perennials.
• Fertilize acid-loving plants like camellias, azaleas and rhododendrons.
• Plant tulip, daffodil, narcissus, colchicum, crocus and hyacinth bulbs and feed them with bone meal for welcome blooms in the spring.
• Add mulch and/or raked leaves to protect your flowerbeds and shrubs from the cold temperatures.
• Drain water from all hoses and coil and hang them properly to avoid freezing and splitting.
• Clean all of your gardening tools, spreaders and implements. Apply penetrating oil to metal parts to prevent rust and lubricate axles. (Check with the Virginia Cooperative Extension for more information)
• Apply a winter care fertilizer approximately four weeks before you expect frost.
• Pick-up fallen fruit to prevent disease and insects from overwintering.
• Remove dying annuals and spent flowers on perennials.
• Fertilize acid-loving plants like camellias, azaleas and rhododendrons.
• Plant tulip, daffodil, narcissus, colchicum, crocus and hyacinth bulbs and feed them with bone meal for welcome blooms in the spring.
• Add mulch and/or raked leaves to protect your flowerbeds and shrubs from the cold temperatures.
• Drain water from all hoses and coil and hang them properly to avoid freezing and splitting.
• Clean all of your gardening tools, spreaders and implements. Apply penetrating oil to metal parts to prevent rust and lubricate axles. (Check with the Virginia Cooperative Extension for more information)
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