Forsythia's a signpost

When the Forsythia blooms, it's a reminder that the soil temperatures have reached germinating temperature for our foe crabgrass.  So now's the time to apply a pre-emergent on your lawn.  These products keep weed seeds from germinating: crabgrass seeds, other weed seeds, and newly sown grass seed too.  So don't use on areas where you WANT seeds to grow.  If you use corn gluten, it can safely be used in flowerbeds as well - it's an organic alternative to Preen.

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Cute!

I sort of like the enthusiasm of Forsythia; this is what it does if pruned a little bit and then left to its own devices.  If you are going to prune a shrub like this against its natural inclination, then I think you should commit.  Yes, much cuter.


Just remember to prune right after it's done blooming, because it will be busy growing new flower buds for next spring soon after.  Prune by June 15th and you too will have cute yellow shrubs next spring.