If you haven´t made a plan for your spring cleaning and fix-up projects already, now´s your chance. Winter´s almost over.

• Prepare for vacation. Schedule time off. Make reservations and schedule flights for summer months.
• Depending on region, do spring yard clean up. Edge beds.
• Top dress and reseed lawns. Mow when grass gets to be 4" high. Don´t mow it too short.
• Fertilize almost everything.
• Time to start transplanting cool season veggies to garden.
• Build arbors and trellises before transplanting or sowing seeds for vines and gourds.
• Cut back herbs.
• Organize your paper life. Root out and recycle old magazines, newspapers, and assorted mementos. Build a new file system or clear out old files that are past being useful.
• Prepare taxes or have them done, if you haven´t already. File electronically this year. If you owe, write the check and prepare to mail...on April 15 and not a minute sooner.
• As spring starts, check your basement for cracks or leaks. If you see moisture, call a professional to check it out. Many homeowner´s insurance policies no longer cover fungus or mildew damage, so sealing basements is more important than ever.