• Plant out cold-tolerant hardy annuals when crabapples bloom.
• Mount a rain gauge on a post near the garden to keep track of weekly rainfall.
• Finish transplanting broccoli, cabbage and cauliflower plants into the garden. Water-soluble, high phosphorous fertilizers help get transplants off to a quick start.
• Start cucumber, squash and melon seeds indoors in peat pots to provide outdoor transplants for late this month or early May.
• Mulch acid-loving blueberry plants with pine needles or sawdust.
• Plant ground covers and other perennials in spring while soils are cool and rains reliable.
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• Fertilize perennials now that new growth has emerged.