Home & Yard Handbook

Hello May!!! We are in full swing of the season we call Spring! I just wish by now I could say Goodbye to having my heat on in the house.  There have been a couple of days I have turned it off, only to wake up the next morning with it 62 in the house.  My family is tough but our pet birds are the ones that are shivering!  I am hoping that as the month warms up we can turn the heat off for good.  It has been great to get outside so far and work in the yard.  

Everything is starting to bloom and come up.  You can start fertilizing your shrubs, now is the time for your azaleas. I read that you can put lime around them to make them more pink, or an acid for a blue color.  I am going to try that this year, I will let you know how it works for mine.  I am going to hold off until after memorial weekend to put any annuals in the ground.  My grandmother was an avid gardener and always said to wait until then because of the risk of frost before then.  It is important to start watering what is up if we are not getting enough rain.  If you do have anything planted early and we are at risk of frost, you can cover the plants with newspaper to protect them over night.

This month the Lilac Festival will be going on from May 8-17.  It is always enjoyable to get down to Highland Park and stroll through the hills.  Especially if you catch a warm day with a breeze, the aroma from the lilac bushes is great. There is also a good line up of live music. 

I would also like to invite everyone to check out agreenroof.com website. Home & Yard has teamed up with George Irwin from Green Roof Technologies, the City of Rochester and many others to bring a living wall to Rochester.  It will be located downtown at the Public Market.  If you view the website you will be able to understand a little more what exactly a “living wall” is. It is going to be one of the largest edible walls in the country that will supply food cupboards in our city.  We are in need of volunteers to help, if anyone can donate some time for the assembly or tending of plants please contact us at 227-9970, we will be providing more information and putting together a volunteer list. The finished project will be in June, so there is a lot that is going to need to get done.

We will document the progress as it begins on our websites, homeandyardhandbook.com and homeandyardradio.com.  

Thank you for your continued support and Happy Spring!!!!!!

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