Spring Clean-up in March?

Seems so. At least at my place. Weather continues to be incredible, and an hour more of sunlight for me. I can't seem to ever get up earlier, but can always stay up later (maybe habits left over from teenage years!) I was amazed to find rhubarb already peeking thru the soil, and new green daylily shoots. Yes, they were tiny, but nonetheless, they were there.
A few tips for early spring clean-up:

• rake lightly in the yard, only rake hard in the fall, you will tear up young grasses
• do not uncover plants yet, we could still have winter, it's only March 11th
• rake off any leftover vegetable garden debris and burn or get it in the trash
• FYI do not burn when it's windy, (allot of that in the neighborhood)
• careful when raking around perennials, easy to pull smaller, shallow rooted plants out of the ground
• if your soil is dry already, I would start to water trees once a week (most of us around here are still in drought conditions)
• finish any pruning projects, you can cut dogwoods, spireas & potentillas back to about 6" if they are in desperate need of reshaping.
• Please submit any questions in the comment box, I would love to hear from you!