ST. LOUIS — Don’t be fooled by the warm temperatures. These beautiful days have many itching to get outside and maybe some are wondering if they can start in the garden. While there are some things to do outdoors, experts say it’s too early to go all in.
Temperatures near 70 have it feeling like a spring day, which may be a good time to start prep work for your yard.
“It’s not the case to be planting right now. Its such beautiful weather that if you can get outside and start doing some soil prep or bed enlargements that you might want to do that’s a good time to do that,” said Cindy Collins, owner of Hartke Nursery.
Sometimes over the winter, there are branch losses or even whole tree losses. If you’re worried this may be the case, you can do a scratch test.
“You just scratch the bark just enough to expose just the inside. If you see the green like you see here that’s great. Your tree is fine,” Collins said.
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