Fertilize winter annuals
like pansies for good flower
production. Don't forget to
deadhead them either.
Use cold wood ashes on
your vegetable garden, bulb
beds and lightly on your
lawns. Wood ashes provide
2/3 the effect of a lime
application in changing pH
and are a good source of
Potassium
Plant one or two year old
asparagus crowns in the
vegetable garden this month.
Select all male hybrids to
prevent seed production.
Prune berry producing
plants if desired for
arrangements over the
holidays.
Remove "weed" or
undesirable trees from your
landscape.
Remove all tree leaves
from the lawn. Use them in a
compost pile.
Fertilize cool season
lawns early in the month.
Take leaf cuttings of your
favorite house plants like
African violets and begonia.
Hardwood cuttings of
landscape plants like
forsythia (yellow bells),
flowering quince, weigela,
crape myrtle and hydrangea
can be taken this month.
Put pine needles or
wheat/barley straw over
strawberry plants.
Keep living Christmas
trees outside until you are
ready to decorate. White
pine is a recommended living
tree for all of North
Carolina. In the mountain
region Fraser Fir is
recommended for the higher
elevations.
Order seed catalogs.
If frigid weather occurs,
be cautious when covering
shrubs. Cover only with
burlap or white plastic.
Remove any plastic material
before direct sun exposure.
Keep your cut Christmas
tree in water throughout the
holiday season.
Order fruit trees and
grape vines for February or
March planting.
