Get a jump on weeds in your flower beds by adding a new layer of mulch.
Pansies seem to appear in garden centers earlier each year.
Many roses can be safely pruned when the buds begin to swell. Take pictures of your garden in early spring to see where the gaps are in your design. By late winter, gardeners are aching to caress the good earth, to smell growing things, to pull away leaves and see the first startling bright-green leaf unbending. There may be ice storms or punishing rains yet to come, but after a cold season of withdrawal, we are propelled into the garden to inspect and poke and prod. Still, there are plenty of rewarding tasks in this time of promise in the garden.