Comments on: Signs of Spring 3-13-06 http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/signs-of-spring-3-13-06/ Featuring Vegetable Gardening Tips, Organic Growing Techniques, and Unique Plants for the Backyard Gardener Sat, 30 Aug 2008 03:34:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Kenny Point http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/signs-of-spring-3-13-06/#comment-151 Kenny Point Wed, 15 Mar 2006 00:57:58 +0000 http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/signs-of-spring-3-13-06/#comment-151 I was suggesting to remove the dead and dried leaves from last summers growth. Just cut them down to within a couple inches of the ground. Don't dig them up, ornamental grasses are perennials and will regrow again this year. The weather did change here also, now it's windy and COLD! I was suggesting to remove the dead and dried leaves from last summers growth. Just cut them down to within a couple inches of the ground. Don’t dig them up, ornamental grasses are perennials and will regrow again this year. The weather did change here also, now it’s windy and COLD!

]]> By: dirtgirl http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/signs-of-spring-3-13-06/#comment-150 dirtgirl Tue, 14 Mar 2006 15:02:37 +0000 http://www.veggiegardeningtips.com/signs-of-spring-3-13-06/#comment-150 When you say "cut down" ornamental grasses, do you mean cut them back so the leaves are stubby but still there? or basically just eliminate them completely? I just moved into a house during the winter and have NEVER had a yard or outdoor space in my life. There are some dried-up clumps of grasses out there and I don't know enough (yet) to know whether they will come back or should be dug up and replaced. So your mention of cutting them back got my attention. I'm in Central Ohio so I imagine our weather is pretty similar. I woke up to frost/snow outside after our 70-plus degree weather yesterday. That was a sad little reality check that spring isn't quite here yet. thanks for the great site! When you say “cut down” ornamental grasses, do you mean cut them back so the leaves are stubby but still there? or basically just eliminate them completely?

I just moved into a house during the winter and have NEVER had a yard or outdoor space in my life. There are some dried-up clumps of grasses out there and I don’t know enough (yet) to know whether they will come back or should be dug up and replaced. So your mention of cutting them back got my attention.

I’m in Central Ohio so I imagine our weather is pretty similar. I woke up to frost/snow outside after our 70-plus degree weather yesterday. That was a sad little reality check that spring isn’t quite here yet.

thanks for the great site!

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