Excuses to get out of Spring Cleaning Timing isn't everything, but good timing sure does help. Look at your calendar, not your thermometer, spring is just around the corner. The next few weeks are a critical time in both the garden and the landscape. As spring approaches and the subject of spring cleaning rears its ugly head, here are some good excuses to go outside and get dirty.
Late winter is a great time for rejuvenation pruning.
That honeysuckle and all those other weedy vines sure are a mess. I'll bet it would be a whole lot easier to remove those things now, before they green up. It was running kind of rough last fall, and if I wait till spring to get it tuned up - there's no telling how long it will take to get it back. It's still to cold for tomatoes, but I think I will plant some edible pod peas, broccoli, spinach, turnips and carrots to tide me over. I think I will do some pruning before they leaf-out and hide all the defects.