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

• Start your garden journal for 2023
• Study up on Grapevine pruning.
• Sketch out on paper your garden plan for 2023
• Check flower beds for cool season weeds and pull them now while they are small.
• When ordering seeds don’t get caught up in all of the photos in seed catalogs. Order what you need.
• Take stock of vegetable gardening supplies such as seed starting trays,tomato cages,Irrigation supplies, et cetera
• If you think you have any shade trees that need pruning, begin making arrangements now.
• Construct a small greenhouse to be able to grow plants next year.

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

• Check garden hand tools clean, sharpen, sand handles, apply linseed oil to protect from rust
• Download a copy of the Central NC Vegetable Planting Calendar so you can stay on schedule through the upcoming growing season.
• Order vegetable seed asap some varieties have already sold out.
• Continue to monitor soil moisture of anything you planted this fall (turf, trees, shrubs, pansies, etc.)
• Spread aged compost on your garden
• Learn more about exotic invasive plants and insects such as spotted lanternfly and do your part to prevent their spread.
• Have pictures of garden equipment with serial numbers for insurance purposes. Ex Fire or theft.
• Plan a visit to the State Farmers Market in Raleigh.
• Construct a small greenhouse to be able to grow plants next year.
• Make your 2023 gardening resolutions.

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