On the Home and Garden Show with Vance Co. Cooperative Ext.

• Purchase a good soil thermometer
• Continue pruning.
• Increase pollination of your garden by purchasing Honey bees or contacting a beekeeper to place a hive on your property
• Cool season broadleaf weeds are already blooming and setting seed.
• Try growing a vegetable that you haven’t grown.
• Frost free date is April 20, plan accordingly
• Check all Garden equipment have it ready when needed
• Avoid the temptation to plant tender flowers and vegetables. Trees and shrubs are fine to plant now.

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On the Home and Garden Show with Vance Co. Cooperative Ext.

• Do not till wet soil in your garden
• Continue pruning.
• Check seedlings each day when growing them under grow lights.
• Learn about Lithium Ion battery care.
• Try growing a vegetable that you haven’t grown.
• If you want to try fruit production, start with blueberries, blackberries, muscadine grapes, strawberries or figs.
• Check house plants for insects, wipe with a soft cloth.
• Avoid the temptation to plant tender flowers and vegetables. Trees and shrubs are fine to plant now.

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On the Home and Garden Show with Vance Co. Cooperative Ext.

• If you have plants in a greenhouse or cold frame, always check the projected high temperature for the day 70F or higher. You will need to ventilate your greenhouse or cold frame.  Also have a good thermometer in these structures.
• Begin pruning fruit trees, grapevines and blueberry bushes.
• Organize your seed in the order you need to plant
• Begin pruning trees and shrubs, but only if they need it.
• Cooperative Extension has publications on most vegetables free of charge.
• In most cases it’s best to avoid shearing cuts.
• Conduct a germination test on old seed
• Look for a date on all seed you purchase. Seed from last season or earlier will likely have a lower germination rate. .

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