Continue leaf removal. If leaves stay on the grass for a few weeks and get thick enough to totally block out the light, they will surely kill the grass.

Try to keep any tender plants from freezing by wrapping them with burlap or any material to keep the wind from blowing on them.  Read ... >

There’s not much to do outside right now but if there is a lot of snow on the ground, make sure your winter protection is still intact.

If there was no significant rainfall, or melting snow, continue to water newly installed plant material if possible.  Read ... >

Start a spring clean up of your beds and lawn areas if the ground can be worked and if it is not frozen.

Weed and cut new edge for your plant beds. A defined line between lawn and beds gives you property a nice and clean look.  Read ... >

Bring color back into your backyard, it's a good time to plant summer blooming bulbs and a perfect time to start your Rose maintenance routine.

Time to start fertilizing the annuals and you should be able to transplant any annuals that you started indoors.  Read ... >

Prune your evergreen shrubs & blooming shrubs if the flowering has stopped but do not prune summer or fall blooming shrubs now, or the buds may be lost.

June is also the month for Roses so continue your care routine of spraying, feeding, pruning and deadheading. Prune Climbing Roses after blooming and cut out diseased & dead canes, leaving three or four vigorous canes.  Read ... >