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This is a good time to clean and 'are for garden tools. Sharpening edges of spades, hoes, and other rating tools now will make work go fas*r later in the spring. Keep metal <ool heads in a bucket of oily sand to ceep them rust-free. The sand will scrub away dirt and oil and acts as a jrotective covering. Smooth rough wooden handles and coat them with inseed oil. This will keep the wood Tom drying out and prevent it from shrinking or splitting. Organizing sools will help in locating them and will prevent injuries from loose tools ying around.
• Watch for signs of growth in early spring bulbs. When foliage is 1 n. high, gradually start removing mulch. Cloudy days are best for the initial exposure of the leaves to strong sunlight which can burn tenter foliage.
• If weeds occur in bulb beds, do lot remove them by cultivation, but lull them by hand so that the bulbs uid roots will not be disturbed.
• Pinch off early buds from develjping pansies to encourage plants to jranch and form more buds.
• Don’t remove mulch from perennials too early. A warm day may make you think spring is almost lere, but there may be more cold weather yet to come.
• Proper rose pruning is the key ;o successful summer blooms. Prune •oses back 25 percent if you want many medium-sized blooms. Prune jack 50 percent if you want fewer,
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