SEPTEMBER:
- Plant fall plantings for late colour and interest. (Mums etc...)
- Seed a fall spinach crop
- Seed cover crops on bare spots in the vegetable garden
- Maintain:
- Correct any soil deficiencies; healthy soil is crucial to healthy plants. The key quality of soil is that it can breathe; it must be able to hold moisture and air.
- Begin collecting seeds as they loosen in their pods. Save in moisture free environment for propagating next spring.
OCTOBER> NOVEMBER
- (Garden Clean-up/Mulching/Cut Back perennials/Plant Bulbs)
- Plant garlic and shallots
- Have your soil tested and amend as needed
- Harvest Brussel sprouts after a hard frost
- Maintain
- Clean up garden debris. Remove all vegetable plants and fallen fruit.
- Remove dead annuals from the garden, after a frost.
- Cut back perennial foliage to discourage over wintering pests. Leave flowers with seeds for the birds.
- Start raking and composting leaves
- Add fallen leaves to compost pile and continue turning.
- Begin preparation for over wintering. Determine which plants require protection and which ones will withstand the winter and provide interest in the garden.
- This is really the best time to Plant Trees and Shrubs. as they are dormant and will have time to acclimate to their new home. Replant those areas that were problem spots in the growing season.
- Not a good time to prune any Tree or Shrubs Especially Azaleas and Rhododendrons
- Plant Bulbs in November
- Trim back perennials to 2-3", move cuttings to compost to discourage fungus and rot in your containers. Keep ornamental grasses to maintain some interesting texture
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