On the Home and Garden Show with Vance Co. Cooperative Ext.
THIS WEEK IN THE GARDEN
| 1 | Check your cole crops for insects. Ex Harlequin bugs, cabbage worm, loopers, aphids |
| 2 | Use the NC Extension Plant Toolbox to find trees or shrubs for any situation. |
| 3 | Start collecting your season extension frost protection materials. Cardboard, sheets, etc. |
| 4 | It’s late to sow tall fescue seed, do so immediately or wait until late Feb. |
| 5 | Keep leaves off of newly established lawns. |
| 6 | Fire ants are more active during these times of milder temperatures, which means bait products work well for controlling them. |
| 7 | Soil samples need to be taken now to make soil amendments! |
| 8 | Collect seed from cosmos, zinnia, rudbeckias, sunflowers and more. Store in a cool dry location. |
| 9 | You can plant carrots,,bulb onions, mustard,lettuce,garlic ,arugula |
| 10 | Make a cold frame to raise spinach, lettuce and other greens through the winter. |
| 11 | Check for voles in your flower beds and fruit orchards |
| 12 | Continue succession planting in your garden |
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