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April garden checklist

April 1, 2022 By Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp

Indoors Prune, repot and clean houseplants, as needed.Fertilize houseplants as new growth appears. Follow label directions.If not done already, sketch garden plans, including ...

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March garden checklist

March 1, 2022 By Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp

Indoors Prune, repot and clean houseplants as needed. Fertilize houseplants as new growth appears. Follow label directions. Sketch garden plans, including what to grow, ...

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February garden checklist

February 1, 2022 By Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp

Indoors Keep houseplants close to bright windows. Check soil for dryness before watering. Examine produce, tender flower bulbs and roots stored for the winter for rot, ...

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January garden checklist

January 1, 2022 By Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp

Indoors Repot house plants as they out grow current pots. Pot amaryllis bulb. Sketch garden plans, including what to grow, spacing, arrangement and number of plants ...

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December garden checklist

December 1, 2021 By Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp

Holidays When shopping for a fresh-cut Christmas tree, check for green, flexible, firmly held needles and a sticky trunk base -- both indicators of freshness. Make a fresh cut ...

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November garden checklist

November 1, 2021 By Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp

Pot up hycinths, tulips, daffodls and other spring bulbs for indoors enjoyment

Indoors Houseplant growth will slow so apply less fertilizer and water. Move plants closer to windows or to sunnier exposures if plants are dropping leaves. Pot up ...

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October garden checklist

September 25, 2021 By Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp

Indoors Keep poinsettia in dark for 15 hours a day for eight to 10 weeks until red bracts begin to show. Houseplants may drop leaves, especially if they spent the summer ...

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September Garden Checklist

September 1, 2021 By Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp

Harvest peppers and tomatoes as soon as they start to change color and ripen indoors.

Indoors Dig and repot herbs growing outdoors, or take cuttings to pot up and grow indoors. Bring houseplants that spent the summer outdoors back indoors before night ...

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August garden checklist

August 1, 2021 By Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp

Sow spinach seeds for fall crop

Indoors Take cuttings from plants such as impatiens, coleus, geraniums and wax begonias to winter over indoors. These are called herbaceous cuttings. Root the cuttings in media ...

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July garden checklist

July 1, 2021 By Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp

Indoors Keep an eye on houseplants that have been set outdoors to make sure they are watered properly. Hot summer breezes can quickly dry them out. Propagate houseplants ...

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