When watering house plants, be sure that the water is at room tempature. Inspect apple trees, lilacs and euonymus for oyster shell scale in January. Prune them first, then wash them with Lime Sulphur.
Nothing solves a field mouse problem like a hungry cat.
When Poinsettias drop their leaves, stop watering and put them in a cool place to rest. If you saved any wood ashes from your stove, you can put them on your Rose beds in April. Camphor flakes in a saucer under African Violets, are said to keep off mites. In January, bring in branches of Pussy Willow and Forsythia to force for indoor blooms. Shake snow from evergreens and Boxwoods as soon as the snow stops falling.