Preparing for the Winter Months: Gardening in October
When you first bite into the strong breeze feel and see the
songbirds winging their way south, and the trees are loaded with fiery colors,
you know, you can not spend the weekend curled up by the fireplace with a good
book. Not for long.
While the weather is still gardener-friendly, you have to
shorten your "to-do" lists for the coming of late fall and early
winter. Now is the time, and your lawn and garden by planting your spring
bulbs, buying and maintaining your trees and shrubs, doing your lawn care late
fall with strategies to attack irrigation sense, building a compost bin and
your own compost, controlling the many common garden pests victory in the war
against weeds before whacking-the sudden onset of the cold winter season,
capricious and enveloping.
Planting Perennials
Plant spring flowering bulbs until the ground freezes, and
prepare your tender but tenacious perennials for seasonal changes. Note that in
milder climates, bulbs still divided and transplanted. Plant hardy bulbs
anytime before the ground freezes, but it is best taken early enough for root
systems before winter plants can grow. In some climates, you can plant until
Thanksgiving or even Christmas. End bulbs develop roots planted in the spring
and can bloom late. But they are on time next year.
Make sure you put the tubes at the right depth. They should
be planted at the bottom thereof will lie at a depth of two and a half times
the diameter of each bulb. In well-drained or sandy soil, plant an inch or two
farther to increase the lifetime and rodents.
Choose your trees and shrubs
October is the perfect time to buy trees and shrubs at the
nursery. They now show their brilliant colors and there. You can now plant and
in the coming months, while growing strong healthy roots during the winter is.
You must carefully plan your landscape, the trees you plant
to want to provide proper coverage lawn and beautiful landscape. When a tree is
attached purchased, selected and planted in the right place, at home and
embellished frame your country so that both more fun it is. Trees can greatly
increase the resale value of the property, and also to reduce energy costs.
Visualize to know your new trees to maturity that some trees
develop as much width as height if. Enough room to grow Imagine the size of the
tree and the form of the whole area and the size and style of your home. Trees
peaking at 40 feet at best near or behind a one-story house. Large trees blend
with two-story houses and large numbers. Trees less than 30 feet tall costume
slots side of the road, small lots and enclosed spaces such as decks and
patios.
There are two basic types of trees you are considering
buying. Deciduous shade trees are large areas with a canopy frame was fresh and
colorful autumn rack superior colors. In the winter, make sure that their
silhouettes the passage of sunlight. These trees can shade a southern exposure
of the summer heat, and sunlight to heat in the winter the house. Evergreen
trees have dense foliage suits them for planting privacy, windbreak or backdrop
for flowering trees and shrubs. But they are good enough to stand alone. You do
not lose their leaves, called needles, and offer year-round accommodation and
color. You must be sure, a variety of both types of trees in your landscape
should be avoided losing them to diseases or pests. Buy disease-and
pest-resistant trees.
When buying a tree, look for healthy green leaves if it has
one, and also developed a higher growth well. Industries have unbroken and
balanced around the trunk and stock or bareroot dormant, they must be flexible.
Examine the roots, which should be a balanced approach, ground fully formed.
Reject trees with broken or dried roots. Consider the size of the tree.
Do not prune newly planted tree unless its form needs to be
improved.
You start by. Learning what varieties thrive in your area
Understand the characteristics of each shrub before
planting.
A large shrub usually more circumcised. Use hardy plants
protection.
Not all shrubs work in all climates.
The late fall lawn care
Heart break and to spread. Overseed bald patches or whole
lawns as needed.
Watering your lawn and garden
You can not forget about watering in the middle of autumn.
Evapotranspiration refers to the two ways that plants lose
water.
In the meantime, keep these tips:
1) water if necessary, and not according to the calendar. If
it is dry and crumbles easily, water.
2) Water slowly, not more than half an inch of water per
hour.
3) water thoroughly. With trees and shrubs, water 1-2 feet
or more.
Build a tank and make your own compost
It is easy to concoct your own stack.
There are two types of composting: cold and hot.
Pest Control Concentrate
Snails and other pests do not disappear when the weather
gets cooler.
Here is a list of common garden pests and how to control:
They attack young leaves, stems and flowers.
Select beetles in the bush by hand.
It feeds by sucking the sap, weakening the plant.
Beat against weeds Made Easy
In fact, it is a bit exaggerated. Keep before your nasty
weeds all this and next month.
Preparation is the key.
1) a madman mulching review.
2) The water in these weeds.
3) cut weeds in their prime. Weeds love the open floor. To
the floor at least twice before planting. Watch and wait for a few weeks until
they start to grow.
4) Pass the salt. Try curved rock salt in gaps between the
webs. Although harder, borax also works well.
Food for Thought
Do a tasting and harvest them when flavor is at its peak.
For gardenaholic is true, in the winter often seen as the
enemy.
