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Helpful Homeowner Tips
Seasonal Tips For Your Garden
Spring Gardening Tips
- Prune winter damage from shrubs and trees before they begin to leaf out.
- Add organic matter, such as Premium Planting Mix, whenever you plant vegetables or annual flowers.
- As spring warms the soil, it's time to think about the lawn.
- Feed trees and shrubs to help them put out strong, new growth.
- Plant summer-flowering bulbs – gladiolas, calla lilies, dahlias, cannas, and more.
Summer Gardening Tips
- All the vibrant colors of summer flowers are now available. Hanging baskets, window boxes, and patio pots will be enjoyed well into fall.
- Herbs are great plants for containers, too – terrific textures, soft colors, and wonderful scents.
- Plant tomatoes, peppers, and corn just as it really starts to warm up, for a bumper crop of vegetables.
- Fertilize shrubs, lawns, flowers, and vegetables for continued strong growth, beautiful colors, and luscious produce.
- Mulch helps retain soil moisture and keep plant roots cool in dry summer weather. Bark mulches are great for shrub beds. Fine-textured soil amendments are better for flower and vegetable gardens.
Fall Gardening Tips
- As the weather starts to cool off, give shrubs their final feeding. A natural plant food won't push new growth that could be easily damaged by early frost.
- Gather and discard diseased leaves. Don't let problems over-winter in your garden.
- Replace dying summer flowers in deck containers with bright, fall flowers.
- Compost leaves and garden debris when you can. But put persistent weeds in the trash can, not the compost pile.
- Fall lawn food will help northern lawns gear up for winter and help southern lawns recover from summer heat.
- Plant spring bulbs – daffodils, tulips, freesia, hyacinths.
- Extend the vegetable season. Start some cool season vegetables – broccoli, carrots, lettuce, spinach, and other greens.
Winter Gardening Tips
- In colder areas, protect shrubs with deep mulches, straw, or evergreen branches.
- In milder areas, continue to plant spring bulbs.
- Mulches protect soil from winter rains and erosion. A compost mulch will break down over the winter to supply organic matter and nutrients to the soil.
- Plant shade or fruit trees while they are dormant.
- Shrubs planted under the eaves or other protected areas may need a bit of extra winter watering.
- As the garden moves into spring, watch out for cool season weeds trying to move into areas with bare soil.
- Check over-wintering geraniums or fuchsias. Don't let them dry out completely
 We have SAVED 331,000 gallons of water, or 26% of our previous year's usage to date. That represents a savings of $1,125. Irrigation repairs during this period cost us $555, so our savings represents a return on investment of 203% in this year alone. I would like to thank everyone at Serpico Landscaping for their continuing attention to this important area. They have accomplished this savings by changing spray patterns and altering water periods as well as repairing the system. And the place looks....Green!
Richard Johnson
The Views HOA
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