what I'm doing in the garden this week-end

Hooray for spring weather!  Everybody's talking about what's coming up in their garden and to be honest, I have barely been out in mine yet - it's been too cold at the times when I have had time.  But not to worry, it is still early and there is no rush. Here's what I hope to get done this week-end, in order of priority:

• Prepare the raised beds for spring veggie planting (if I'd been on top of this I could have been planting by now!)  This means digging out the perennials that overwintered there and putting them in pots for temporary homes, adding brackets so that I can put hoops over the garden to make a temporary greenhouse (this also means a trip to a hardware store - ugh.) and topping up the soil with good compost.
• Start cutting down the perennials that were left standing over the winter.  
• Start pulling the mulch of fall leaves back from the base of growing perennials.
• Set up the rain barrels.

For more details, see my April Garden to-do list.

Comments

[Jacqui]

Is it too early to start removing the old brown grass from the lawn? It is getting quite green in our south facing garden.

[Calgary Garden Coach]

No Jacquie, it should be fine. If the lawn is too wet it's not a good idea, but if yours is already turning green and with all this sun we're getting this week-end, go for it!
Janice