April is gardening month so enjoy the spring weather with these gardening tips: Lawn Mow your turf at the correct height. Bermuda at 1 to 1.5 inches, St. Augustine at 2 to 3 inches, centipede at 1 to 1.5 inches and zoysia at 1 to 2 inches. This is the month to begin fertilizing bermudagrass…… read more »
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April Gardening Tips
Finding Holes In Your Lawn? Could Be Ground Bees
In late March, as the soil warms up, it can be common to see small bees flying around just above the ground and small mounds of soil they have created in the lawn. These bees are called ground nesting bees. Ground nesting bees are a type of bee that is different from other kinds of…… read more »
Don’t Plant Too Early!
It feels like spring time so I can start planting my flowers and vegetables, right? These warm spring temperatures last week have indeed made us have spring fever and want to start sprucing our gardens up for spring. It is a common occurrence for people to plant warm season flowers and vegetables when we have…… read more »
March Gardening Tips
March weather usually gives us a little taste of spring and gardens began to come alive as we near April. Below are gardening tips for March: Lawn Avoid that urge to fertilize your warm-season lawns. They should be fertilized in the summer when they are actively growing to avoid cold damage from late frosts. Also…… read more »
February Is Time For Pruning Blueberries
Blueberries can be a great plant to have in the home garden. Not only are blueberries great for their tasty fruit during the summer months, but they make a nice hedge or screen in the landscape. Besides fruit in the summer, blueberries have attractive white or pink flowers in the spring and wonderful red to…… read more »
What To Prune Now In The Garden
Now is the time to dust off your pruners and start those late winter pruning chores. Late winter is the time many plants in the landscape are pruned before new growth begins in the spring. February is usually the best month to complete these pruning chores. When it comes to what you can prune in…… read more »
Become A Wayne County Extension Master Gardener Volunteer
Do you have an interest in learning more about gardening? Would you like to meet and share with other gardeners? Do you have an interest in volunteering to provide gardening educational programs with NC Cooperative Extension? Then the Wayne County Extension Master Gardener Volunteer program may be for you! The Wayne County Cooperative Extension Office…… read more »
February Is The Time To Prune Muscadine Grapes
It is that time of the year again to begin many pruning chores in the landscape and garden. One of the major pruning chores includes pruning grapevines. The common type of grapevine grown in Eastern North Carolina is muscadines. Muscadine grapes are native to the Southeastern United States and are easier to grow than other…… read more »
February Gardening Tips
During the winter season we gardeners are usually not spending much time outside in our gardens. However, it won’t be long before warmer days arrive so use some time in February to prepare for spring! Lawn Do not apply “weed and feed” products. These contain both fertilizer and weed killer, but it is too early…… read more »
Time For Planting Asparagus
Asparagus may seem like an unusual vegetable that would be difficult to grow in the garden. However, a gardener can successfully grow asparagus if they understand how an asparagus plant grows. Asparagus is different from other vegetables in that it is a perennial which means it will grow and produce for several years without having…… read more »
