Gardening Tips and Tricks for Late Autumn
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Article by: Karen Peralta Preparing for the Winter , How To Keep Birds Off Of Your Patio Furniture Months: Gardening , Seed Starting Tips in October When you feel that first solid bite in the breeze and you see the songbirds winging their way south, and the trees , Wild Flower Garden - Recreate the Splendor of Nature in Your Own Backyard are bursting with fire-laden hues, you know you can't be spending the weekend curled up by the fireplace with a good book. Not for long. While the weather , The Not So Common Day Lily is still gardener-friendly, you must shorten your "to-do" lists for the coming of late fall , How To Keep Birds Off Of Your Patio Furniture and early winter. , Ornamental Fountain Now is the time to attack your lawn , Easiest Homemade Hydroponics System and garden , The Use of Color in Your Landscape by planting your spring , Fall is the Time to Get Your Garden Trees and Shrubs Ready for Winter: Here's What to Do bulbs, buying and maintaining your trees , Gardens: They are Fragrant, Breathtaking— the Perfect Idea for More Outdoor Decor and shrubs, , Fall Garden Planning - Garden Plans for Next Spring and Ordering by Mail doing your late autumn , Understanding Integrated Pest Management lawn care, using common-sense watering strategies, building , Know Your Bird Feeders; Part 2 a compost , Understanding Integrated Pest Management bin and making your own compost, , Know Your Bird Feeders; Part 2 controlling the many common garden , Easiest Homemade Hydroponics System pests, and winning at the weed-whacking war before the sudden onset of the fickle, cold , External vs. Submersible Pumps. 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They must be planted so their bottoms rest at a depth two-and-a-half times each bulb's diameter. In well-drained or sandy soil, , Growing a Sustainable Garden! plant , Ferns as Indoor s an inch or two deeper to increase life and discourage rodents. Choosing Your Trees , How to Care for Long Stem Roses and Shrubs October is a wonderful time to shop for trees , Mow A Better Lawn, The Easy Way and shrubs , How To Keep Birds Off Of Your Patio Furniture at the nursery. They're now showing their best and brightest colors , Growing a Sustainable Garden! there. You can plant , Know Your Bird Feeders; Part 2 them now and over the next few months, so that strong, healthy , How to Care for Long Stem Roses roots will grow , Fall Garden Planning - Garden Plans for Next Spring and Ordering by Mail over the winter. , Gardens: They are Fragrant, Breathtaking— the Perfect Idea for More Outdoor Decor You must carefully plan , Calla Lilies - Flowers for All Occasions out your landscape , Patio Canopies: Protecting Your Patio From The Elements to choose which trees , Seed Starting Tips you wish to plant , Mow A Better Lawn, The Easy Way for providing proper lawn , Fall Garden Planning - Garden Plans for Next Spring and Ordering by Mail coverage and the most beautiful , Planting Flower Bulbs for Springtime Blooms scenery. 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Deciduous trees , Vegetable Garden Ideas include large shade trees , Gardens: They are Fragrant, Breathtaking— the Perfect Idea for More Outdoor Decor which frame areas with a cool summer , Landscaping Tips: 6 Basic Steps To Building A Garden Pond canopy and a colorful autumn , Pink Hibiscus rack of superior colors. , Want A View? Start Growing Orchids On Trees In winter, , Know Your Bird Feeders; Part 2 their silhouettes provide passage for sunlight. These trees , Flower Garden in Urban Environment can shade a southern exposure from summertime heat, , Composting and Composters: A Basic Introduction and allow winter , Things You Should Consider When Buying Your First Garden Leaf Blower sunlight to warm the house. , Pink Hibiscus Evergreen trees , Fall is the Time to Get Your Garden s and Shrubs Ready for Winter: Here's What to Do have dense green , Soil PH...An Important "Key" To Successful Gardening--In Plain English foliage that suits them for planting as privacy screens, windbreaks or backdrops for flowering trees , Some Practical Ideas For Designing Your Own Landscape and shrubs. , Patio Canopies: Protecting Your Patio From The Elements But they are handsome enough to stand alone. They do not lose their leaves, called needles, and provide year-round shelter and color. , Ladybugs, Ladybugs, Come to My Garden You should be sure to include a wide variety of both kinds of trees , Mow A Better Lawn, The Easy Way in your landscape , Poly Tarps For Home and Garden: More Than Meets The Eye to avoid losing them to diseases , Patio Canopies: Protecting Your Patio From The Elements or pests. , Rugosa Roses - Fragrant, Tough and Handsome Shrub Roses Buy disease- and pest-resistant trees. , Patio Canopies: Protecting Your Patio From The Elements When buying a tree, , Flower Garden in Urban Environment look for healthy , Gardening Vertically: Fad, Emerging Frontier or Long-Overlooked Art Form green leaves if it has any, and also well-developed top growth. Branches should be unbroken and balanced around the trunk, and on dormant or bare-root stock they should be pliable. Examine the roots, , Patio Table Covers which should form a balanced, fully-formed mass. 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Don't prune , How to Choose Your Garden Furniture and Make It Last a newly planted tree , Poly Tarps For Home and Garden: More Than Meets The Eye unless its form needs improving. Prune , Gardening Vertically: Fad, Emerging Frontier or Long-Overlooked Art Form flowering trees , Soil PH...An Important "Key" To Successful Gardening--In Plain English in spring, , Vegetable Garden Ideas after blooming, to correct unsightly problems. Crab apple trees , Rugosa Roses - Fragrant, Tough and Handsome Shrub Roses are an exception and should be pruned in late winter. , Rugosa Roses - Fragrant, Tough and Handsome Shrub Roses But you can remove diseased or dead branches anytime of the year, and much of this is done during the winter. , Fertilizing to Create More Blossoms on Your Flowers, Flowering Shrubs, and Trees Apply fertilizer when needed in the second and subsequent growing seasons. , A Quick Overview of Outdoor Hot Tubs Mulch to conserve moisture, , Ornamental Fountain reduce weeds , Want A View? Start Growing Orchids On Trees and eliminate mowing near the tree. , A Quick Overview of Outdoor Hot Tubs Spread wood , Ladybugs, Ladybugs, Come to My Garden chips or bark four inches deep and as wide as the tree's canopy around the base. But don't mulch poorly drained oversaturated soil. , Things You Should Consider When Buying Your First Garden Leaf Blower Wrap tree , A Quick Overview of Outdoor Hot Tubs trunks after planting to prevent winter , Growing a Sustainable Garden! damage from weather , External vs. Submersible Pumps. Which One Should You Use? and pests. , Sheltering Butterflies in Your Garden And stake young trees, , Pink Hibiscus especially bare-root trees , Some Practical Ideas For Designing Your Own Landscape and evergreens, to fortify them against strong winds. Stake loosely and allow the tree , Hydroponics Gardening - An Introduction To Hydroponics Gardening For Beginners (part 9) Experiment to bend slightly, and remove stakes after one year. Shrubs are often planted and used merely as foundation plants , Rugosa Roses - Fragrant, Tough and Handsome Shrub Roses or privacy screens. But shrubbery foliage is vastly more versatile, and can go a long way toward livening up your landscaping. , Gardening Countless varieties of gorgeously hued and beautifully leafed shrubs , Planting Flower Bulbs for Springtime Blooms are available through nurseries and garden , Patio Table Covers catalogs. You must start by learning what varieties thrive in your area. Try visiting your local , Mow A Better Lawn, The Easy Way arboretum, where you may view different kinds of shrubs , A Quick Guide To Yard Bridges and decide whether they fit your gardening , How To Keep Birds Off Of Your Patio Furniture plans. Decide what overall look you want at different times of the year, and then find out which shrubs , How to Choose Your Garden Furniture and Make It Last will be flowering, , Ornamental Fountain producing berries or sporting colorful foliage at those times. Compare what you find to the inventory at your local , How To Keep Birds Off Of Your Patio Furniture nursery, and ask the professionals who work there lots of questions. Understand the characteristics of each shrub , Composting and Composters: A Basic Introduction before you plant , Gardening Vertically: Fad, Emerging Frontier or Long-Overlooked Art Form it. Flowering , Rugosa Roses - Fragrant, Tough and Handsome Shrub Roses and fruit-bearing shrubs , Composting and Composters: A Basic Introduction enhance a new home, , Calla Lilies - Flowers for All Occasions but improper pruning , Making a Garden Pond With a Pond Liner and care will ruin the beauty of all your hard work. Some shrubs , External vs. Submersible Pumps. 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If you core aerate, make your cores three inches deep, spaced about every six inches. Break up the cores and spread them around. If your lawn , Vegetable Garden Ideas needs it, thatch and follow with a fall , The Use of Color in Your Landscape or winter , Some Practical Ideas For Designing Your Own Landscape fertilizer. Even if thatching isn't needed, your lawn , How to Choose Your Garden Furniture and Make It Last will be happy for a dusting of fertilizer to help roots , Pink Hibiscus gain strength before the spring , November Gardening Tips growing season. , Growing a Sustainable Garden! Overseed bald patches or whole lawns , Bottle Gardening or Terrarium - Design and Maintenance as needed. Rake and compost , Vegetable Garden Ideas leaves as they fall, , A Quick Overview of Outdoor Hot Tubs as well as grass , Patio Table Covers clippings from mowing. 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The other is that personal observation of your own garden , How to Choose Your Furniture and Make It Last is the only way to judge how much water , Flower Garden in Urban Environment it needs. One fact about which there is more agreement: the ideal is to maintain constant moisture, , Pink Hibiscus not a cycle of wet soil , Gardens: They are Fragrant, Breathtaking— the Perfect Idea for More Outdoor Decor followed by dry soil. , External vs. Submersible Pumps. Which One Should You Use? Although overwatering can be as big a problem as underwatering, most gardeners err on the side of too little. 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Cane borer: This insect is the maggot of the eggs laid by sawflies or carpenter bees in the freshly-cut cane of the rose , Pink Hibiscus after pruning. , Seed Starting Tips One telltale sign is a neatly-punctured hole visible on the top of the cane. To remove the pest, , Hydroponics Gardening - An Introduction To Hydroponics Gardening For Beginners (part 9) Experiment cut several inches down the cane until there are no more signs of the maggot or pith-eaten core. Seal all pruning , Rugosa Roses - Fragrant, Tough and Handsome Shrub Roses cuts with pruning , Fall Garden Planning - Garden Plans for Next Spring and Ordering by Mail sealer. Japanese beetle, Fuller rose , Soil PH...An Important "Key" To Successful Gardening--In Plain English beetle: These will eat parts of the foliage and sometimes the flowers. , Fall is the Time to Get Your Garden Trees and Shrubs Ready for Winter: Here's What to Do Pick beetles off the bush by hand. 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Remove the infected foliage and spray with insecticidal soap or an insecticide that contains acephate. Leaf cutter bee: As its name implies, this very small yellowish-green insect jumps on the undersides of foliage to feast, often leaving its white , A Quick Guide To Yard Bridges skin behind. The damage caused by this insect often results in defoliation. Use an insecticide containing acephate or malathion to prevent it from establishing a strong colony. Rose scale: This insect hides under gray scales, normally on old canes or stems. It feeds by sucking the sap, weakening the plant. , How to Choose Your Garden Furniture and Make It Last If the infestation is localized, try removing it with a fingernail. Or spray with an insecticide containing acephate. Weed Whacking Made Easy Actually, this is a slight exaggeration. There's no rest for the wicked. Keep staying ahead of your nasty weeds , Composting and Composters: A Basic Introduction all this and next month. 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