- Purchase spring-flowering bulbs while the selection is good.
- Fertilize most houseplants for the last time until next spring.
- Sow a new lawn.
- Core aerate your lawn when the soil is moist but not wet.
- Autumn is a good time to test the soil in your lawn, vegetable garden, perennial
bed or around trees and shrubs. - Clean off the vegetable garden and annual beds as plants die.
- Remove spent flowers from perennials.
- Start a garden debris.
- Make leaf mould with fallen leaves.
- Plant some lilies.
- Plant chrysanthemums, pansies and ornamental cabbages and kales early in the month.
- Lift and divide iris rhizomes and overgrown peonies.
- Bring fibrous begonias, coleus and impatiens indoors for potted houseplants.
- Store surplus seeds in a cool, dry location.
- Autumn is a good time to plant most trees and shrubs.
- Don’t fertilize established woody plants until they are dormant.
- Allow winter squashes, pumpkins and gourds to mature completely on the vine. Harvest them before the first frost. Move perennial plants within the next month or wait until next spring.
- Make a map of your perennial gardens to record the location of your plants.
- Continue to weed the gardens. The best place for these plants is in the compost pile.
- Enjoy your garden!
Adapted from
“Seeds of Hope… Harvest of Pride!” – Gardener’s Checklist,
www.brigh.net/~gardens/index.html
