Spring Time Inspection

On first warm days of spring, put on your inspector’s hat and head out to the garden with a notepad. It’s time to see what happened in the garden while you were indoors all winter. Take note of:

• Cold, ice or snow damage on plants
• Beds that will need to be cleaned out
• Hardscaping elements—walls, fences, benches, sheds, trellises—that have shifted, bowed or rotted
• Evidence of new animal burrows from skunks, chipmunks, moles and voles, groundhogs or rabbits. Also, note any deer or rodent damage on woody plants.