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Harold Bowling @EdgewoodFeed
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Ornamental grasses left unsheared are a vital part of the winter landscape.
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Evergreen trees and shrubs contribute color, texture, and form regardless of snow cover.
The easiest way to attract winter wildlife to your backyard is to provide a wide variety of high calorie food.
Hold off on nipping your garden beds until springtime: those dead stalks, leaves, and seedheads provide food and protection to wildlife.
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As reliable watering holes dry up or ice over, water is one of the most important elements you can provide for wildlife.
Apply an anti-desiccant spray to help prevent broad-leaf evergreens from getting winter-burn.
A fire pit or chimenea in the middle of yard is the perfect way to utilize an outside space during the cold weather.
Winter is the perfect time to study the bare bones of your garden landscape and plan its future design.
Following a heavy snowstorm, walk around your yard and shake off branches that appear to be sagging under the weight of the snow.
When picking up snow with a shovel, bend your knees and lift with your legs -- not with your back!
Winter is the ideal time to contact a landscape contractor about updating, remodeling, or totally reinstalling your yard.
When February arrives, it’s a good time to check for weeds, pull them out, or apply a post-emergent herbicide.
If you have any perennial plants that have gone dormant, cut back the brown tops.
Be especially sure to remove leaves from the base of plants, where harmful fungi can grow.
During the month of January, take advantage of a dry day and mow the lawn to help clear away fallen leaves, and manicure the lawn.
Be consistent and keep feeding through the winter as birds grow accustomed to your feeders and depend on them.
Happy New Year!
Suet is considered a high energy food – good for birds since they burn more calories in the winter just to stay warm.
Winterize irrigation system, drain and store hoses and sprinklers.
Happy Holidays!
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