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As you peruse seed catalogs, choose disease-resistant varieties. They not only make gardening easier, they reduce the expense and environmental pollution of pesticides. Outdoor gardening
Examine the limb structure of your shade trees. Remove dead, diseased, and storm-damaged branches. If left on the trees, these weakened limbs can cause damage.
For large shade trees needing removal of storm-damaged limbs, call a certified arborist now to get on his schedule for pruning while trees and underlying landscape plants are dormant.
Assess the energy efficiency of your landscape. Do you have evergreen trees or shrubs blocking a window where the sun’s warmth would be welcome? Consider replacing them with a deciduous plant that would let sun in during the winter, but cast cooling shade in the summer.
Check guy wires on trees planted in the fall. Stakes may need to be re-secured if they have been heaved out of the soil by frost. Remember to remove guy wires in the spring after root growth has begun. Trees that move with the wind grow stronger than those supported for too long.
If you are spreading the ashes from your wood burning stove in your garden, be aware that ,over time, you are raising the pH of your soil. Have your soil tested. A kit can be obtained at the Extension Office.
Information taken from Virginia Cooperative Extension. Specific gardening questions should be directed to the Rappahannock County Extension Office at 675-3619.
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