Seasonal Landscaping and Gardening Hints For Warm Zones and Cold Zones!


Seasonal Hints - A gardener's work is never done.
	SEPTEMBER Warm Zones Replant radishes, onions, leafy vegetables like lettuce, spinach. Begin planting bulb plants like crocuses, daffodils, tulips for early spring bloom. Refurbish your lawn for sun or shade grasses. Feed and aerate. Cold Zones Prepare for first frost with ready protection for plants that need it. Plant evergreens and mulch well. Prepare or refurbish your lawn.	OCTOBER Warm Zones It's clean up time. Remove all dead leaves, plants and trash. Dig potatoes and harvest tomatoes before your first frost. Cold Zones Mulch all plants heavily. Clean up tools and store away for winter. Hill soil around roses being certain roots are well covered. Continue planting bulbs in well prepared soil.	NOVEMBER Warm Zones Plant kale, cabbage, onion sets, carrots, beets, spinach. Divide and transplant perennials. Mulch shrubs for coming cold season and continue working on lawn. Cold Zones Check for areas that may need more mulch. Complete all late plantings of trees and shrubs. Turn soil in preparation of next spring's planting.	DECEMBER Warm Zones Keep building your compost pile. Plant trees and shrubs now. Plant tulips now. Prune where needed. Do not prune spring flowering shrubs. Begin planning next year's garden. Cold Zones Put out your bird feeders now and keep well stocked for our feathered friends.