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FORETHOUGHT FOR APRIL, 1972 --------SYLVIA WOODWARD

This is the month to clean leaves and other debrisout of gardens and shrub
borders -
Divide and transplant crowded summer - blooming perennial - set out new ones
Now is the time to plant magnolias
Cut butterfly bushes and crepe myrtles where they die back
Keep Easter lilies out of the garden - they are often the bearers of the dreaded
mosaic disease
Sow early vegetables - radishes, lettuce, parsley, carrots, and cabbage
Get rose bushes in - this is the last call
Spade compost, leafmold, or peatmoss into the beds which will be planted later on
Remove mulch from bulb beds - but keep this material convenient in case a freeze
is forecast
Check your stored summer flowering bulbs to see that thay have enough air and
light
Prune the conifers so the cuts will soon be hidden by new growth
Step up the watering and fertilizing of house plants
The hardwood cuttings which were taken last winter should be lined - out in the
spots where they are to grow and develop
Keep the Easter plants in as cool a situation as possible, so as to prolong
their display - do not neglect watering them
Spring - flowering bulbs may be protected from rabbits in several ways - one is to
press a few moth balls into the soil among the plants - another is to sprinkle blood
meal around
Make cuttings of house plants, such as coleus, begonias, etc., so that they may be set out in the garden at the end of May
And my usual April forethought - which I bet you think I'd forgotten this year:
Set out pansy plants --- and happy gardening again!