This week in your Massachusetts garden & landscape
Remove mulches from garlic planted last fall.
Sow tomato seedlings; try a new variety to compare to old favorites.
Do routine body checks for ticks after working outdoors.
Start asparagus beds with one-year-old male hybrid plants, called crowns.
Start tuberous begonias in shallow pots.
Clematis thrive in alkaline soils.
Keep houseplants away from heat sources and protect from other brief changes in temperature.
Time to prune fruit trees, blueberry bushes and grapes.
Winter salt spray can damage plants as far as 30 feet away.
Donate old viable seeds to a seed library or youth gardening program.
