How is your garden growing? On the average there are just a handful of rainy days in Stockton during the month of February. This means you’ll be able to sneak in some garden work in preparation for spring. Whether you are looking to overhaul your garden completely or just add a few new plants it’s best to get started early and make sure everything is in place for the warmer weather.

Perhaps this will be the season when you decide to add a small orange or lemon tree to your backyard. It’s not that hard to plant a tree. You need to dig a hole that is twice as wide but just as deep as the tree’s root ball. If the area where you’re digging this hole is mostly clay or compacted dirt then you should dig it three times as big to give the roots more room to grow.

Next, place the root ball of the tree or shrub into the hole you dug. The top of the root ball should be even with the top of your hole. Refill the hole with about two thirds of soil, water it and let it settle. You’ll then want to add a thick layer of mulch to help keep in the moisture. In these first initial weeks if there is no rain make sure you’re adding more water to give your tree nourishment.

Stockton is considered a warm weather zone. This means you don’t have to be worried so much about frost warnings and should instead focus on the kind of warm season type of flowers such as violas, snapdragons, calendulas and primroses. These are the type of plants that under provide instant bursts of color. When shopping at your local nursery make sure you’re getting healthy plants. You need to inspect the plant from all sides. One tip to remember is that a plant which has many blooms in the store might look pretty but could end up going into shock once it has been transplanted. If you come across a plant that has roots growing out of the pot it’s assigned it has been in the pot too long.

Before any planting you’ll need to clear the yard. This could mean pulling up weeds or getting rid of all kinds of debris that is built up over the last few months. California is a prime Palm tree growing environment. But those Palm trees can also wreak havoc as their fronds fall to the ground in heavy storms. Just because you want to take a lot of pride in your garden doesn’t mean you have to do it all alone especially when it comes to the removal of big objects like falling tree branches or clumps of dug up sod. For that kind of removal you should call upon the services of professional junk haulers like Junk King Stockton. While it might seem odd to call junk haulers to take away dirt it actually makes perfectly good sense. They have the muscle and they have the truck so why not let them do the work!