What to do in the garden?

To all our fall garden enthusiasts!

Here is a list of what our garden needs in the fall to give us better results in the next flowering season!

Please pick what you'd like to do and communicate it through this blog.

This is the best time to fertilize your lawn if you only do so once a year.

Plant hardy spring-flowering bulbs such as tulip, daffodil, hyacinth bulbs, snow drops and crocus corms. Consider covering with chicken wire to deter animals. Don't be too quick to cover them with mulch or it may attract animals. Wait until the ground freeze.

Water trees, shrubs, and evergreens until the ground freezes. Apply a layer of mulch around these plants to help reduce winter injury.

Finish seeding your new lawns by the middle of the month.

Remove weeds, debris, and dead or diseased plants, as well as plants that had disease problems this year. Insects and diseases can overwinter in these plants.

Look for slug egg masses under mulch and destroy.

Cut perennials to the ground.

Be sure to remove any leaves from your lawn to help reduce lawn problems; use as mulch for plants or shred them and add to compost.

Clean up lawn and garden. Remove any dead or diseased plants, leaves, and twigs. Remove all debris and dead plants to prevent overwintering of certain garden pests.