Fall

Getting your garden ready will make it a lot easier in the spring. October is the month when you plan and plant your bulb garden. Make or buy your mulch and arrange to have your garden tilled and covered to kill off the little pests and weeds in the soil. Time to start raking the leaves and or wait for them to drop. This year we decided to pile them up and run a mulching lawn mower over them and use them as mulch as a way to be more green. A lot of garden supply stores are having sales getting rid of summer inventory. It’s the perfect time to buy your manures/ composts, pre-emergent, fertilizers, oil sprays, repellants and even some plants put them in the ground immediately (perennials) . Store things for next year somewhere cool and dry so you have them in the spring. Its also time to start collecting seeds. Remember to wrap them in paper towels to ward off mold and keep them nice, cool and dry. Mark the seed containers with permanent markers so you won’t be trying to guess what they are later. Bring in containers and plants that aren’t winter safe and store them.