21st October, 2009 - Posted by candy - No Comments
Below are a few quick tips for winterizing your garden by following these easy steps you will make thing go a lot smoother in the spring time. Please leave any tips that you may have.
Plants Perennials Now.
Now is the time to hit up your local garden center before the first frost and buy perennials that are on clearance. This time of the year stores have sales on perennials. Those they may not look to good, but that is only because it is the end of the season, and it time for them to go dormant, not because there is anything wrong with them. By planting them in the fall they have all winter to get rooted. When your plant a new plants the first few months are spent with the roots just growing to fell there new home. Then come spring they will be ready growing and will grow bigger.
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20th October, 2009 - Posted by candy - No Comments
The evergreens are wrapped, leaves are raked and the garden is mulched and put to bed for the winter. Now what? You as a gardeners may still have an itch to garden. You can and you won’t be bothered by the heat or flying insects while they do it. There are always some creative fall projects to take on before the snow flies.
There are always things to do in the garden. All of the leaves have fallen and now you have a clean area to start with. Also by gardening now you will have less work in the spring.
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17th October, 2009 - Posted by candy - No Comments
When homeowners start thinking about fall colors in their landscaping, they normally think of trees or shrubs that bear colorful leaves in the fall. But do not forget about planting fall flowers! Everyone gets the flower planting bug in spring. But fall flower planting is the time for the true gardener to shine.
Growing fall flowers in the garden will enhance landscaping that is already graced by the colorful leaves of the fall trees. But if your landscaping lacks such trees altogether, planting fall flowers takes on even greater importance.
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