Spring has definitely sprung, and our garden needs a lot of attention! Check out the garden chores we recommend doing this month:
- Be prepared for an unexpected cold snap or other unpredictable weather and have frost protection handy for your plants.
- Regularly scout plants for pests like spidermites, slugs, bagworms, and aphids. Contact your agent for tips on how to deal with them.
- Assess plants for winter damage and begin cleaning any damage.
- There is still some time to plant your cool-season vegetables like lettuce, broccoli, greens, and onions, but get these in the ground by mid-April.
- Plan out your warm-season garden.
- Stake perennials and vines that risk falling over from their own weight later in the spring or summer.
- Prep annual beds with additives like well-rotted manure, processed manure, peat moss, or compost.
- Watch for honey bee swarms.
Find all the details and get some great advice in the April Garden Guide.
Contact your agent for advice that’s specific to Carroll County, Arkansas.