What Albuquerque Gardeners Should Do in February:  

• Transplant mislocated plants.  
• Spruce up outdoor containers with pansies, kale and dusty miller.
• Clean up perennial beds, carefully turn soil and add compost. Keep an eye out for bulbs.
• Prune fruit trees.
• Add compost to fruit and berry beds.
• Prune shade trees.
• Prune summer and fall blooming shrubs.
• Strong spray of water on evergreens and look for early aphids.
• Spray Bonide dormant oils on evergreens, except blue spruce.
• Deep water all trees and shrubs.
• Dethatch, aerate and water lawns.
• Start broccoli, cabbage, lettuce and slow growing annuals indoors.
• Plant flowering sweet peas.
• Start new compost pile.
• Come in and meet our friendly staff and find out what’s new for the coming year.
• Attend February seminars.
• Purchase plants for Valentines Day.
• Eliminate winter annual weeds, such as wild mustard.