Seasonal Calendar | Walter Reeves: The Georgia Gardener

FIRST WEEK • Prepare beds for bare-root roses that will soon arrive in nurseries. Dig an area four feet wide and twelve...

FIRST WEEK • Prune apple and pear trees now – but postpone peach pruning until mid-March. Visit www.walterreeves.com for UGA factsheets. •...

FIRST WEEK Fertilize pansies. Since the soil is warming, use any water soluble houseplant fertilizer, one half pint to one pint of...

FIRST WEEK • Divide over-wintered baskets of Boston fern into four sections. Plant new hanging baskets using two sections of fern in...

FIRST WEEK • No matter which grass, your turf will look its best if you follow a calendar of maintenance tasks. Download...

FIRST WEEK • How much water should you apply? Each week a shrub needs one gallon per foot of height. Visit Shrub...

FIRST WEEK Choosing a watermelon for the Fourth? Slap it to determine ripeness. Good ones sound hollow; unripe ones sound like you’re...

FIRST WEEK Water figs deeply now as they begin to ripen. Harvest every morning, before the birds can do their damage. More...

FIRST WEEK Fertilize salvia and chrysanthemums with liquid plant food. They will reward you with lots of blooms later this fall. see...

FIRST WEEK Fall fescue planting season officially begins! Watering restrictions are still in force in many places so make SURE you have...

FIRST WEEK Blow or rake fallen leaves regularly from newly planted fescue lawns. Remove as many acorns as possible from all lawns....

FIRST WEEK Rake the last of the fall leaves from your lawn. If you leave a pile of wet, matted leaves now...