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What's up World? Welcome back to another episode of Just Grow it the podcast.

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I'm your host, Big City Gardner. And today it's time for our April checklist.

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Ok. We already talked about what to plant in the month of April.

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Now, let's talk about some things we need to be doing in our garden this month.

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And unfortunately, this is kind of, this is for zone nine.

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But if you happen to live anywhere else,

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you will still need to do these tasks,

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but it just may not be in the month of April.

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So the information is still valid.

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Apply it to yourself when you enter about that second month of spring.

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Let's get to it. The first thing we need to make sure that we are watering sufficiently and efficiently.

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See what I did there. We need to make sure that any of the fruit trees or shade trees that we planted last month that were giving them sufficient amount of water.

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Now, to water efficiently, you need to make sure that you are watering deeply.

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Ok. So get a soaker hose,

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get a drip irrigation system and set it right there around the root zone number two.

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We need to keep an eye out for pest as it starts to warm up outside.

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That means that our garden pests are gonna be out.

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So we need to make sure that we have our eyes open.

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Any time we're out in the garden, be ready to apply neem oil,

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be ready to apply BT spray or anything like that.

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We just need to make sure that we're keeping an eye out for the pest.

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Number three, we need to make sure that we're cleaning up any loose branches,

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any loose leaves that are in our garden or gardening space.

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We're gonna go ahead rake them, collect them,

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dump them into our compost bin or just move them off to the side until it's time to add them to the compost bin or use them as a mulch.

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Next, it's time to start pruning.

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It's time to start pruning everything that has already flowered early in the spring that could include things like even as or wisteria.

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Next, we need to make sure that we are fertilizing and mulching as it starts to warm up outside.

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We need to make sure that we are doing everything to ensure that our plants retain the moisture that we give them.

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So apply a two inch layer of mulch to the top of your garden beds all around your trees anywhere like that.

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Also, in my opinion, it's time to start fertilizing.

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April 1st is usually when I fertilize my garden for the first time.

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It's also when I like to fertilize my fruit trees and things like that planting.

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Well, we already talked about what you can plant in April.

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So just make sure that you're outside and active in your garden and following the planting schedule and last,

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but not least you're gonna start seeing a lot of birds around.

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So make sure you keep water in the bird baths and you keep your bird feeders filled with bird seed.

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If you have squirrels taking all your bird seed,

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go ahead and put a little cayenne pepper in there.

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I guarantee you they won't come back. All right,

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that's a list of things that we should be doing out in our garden.

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Come April or your second month of spring.

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I would really appreciate it. All right, man.

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That's it. It's time to get outside and fertilize my tomatoes.

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So I'm going, you guys have a great day and don't forget,

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just grow it