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Tips from the Pros
Clean up those leaves before its too late
While it is probably not any homeowners favorite task, the simple step of cleaning up dead plant material and leaf debris in your landscape beds is a great way to help establish a healthy garden for next spring. Spending a little time cleaning out your landscape beds in the fall will help minimize the places for insects and other diseases to ride out the cold winter months. Don't take this to mean you should chop everything in your garden down to the ground. Leaving healthy perennials that are evergreen and semi-evergreen can provide interest during the winter.
It's Time To...
Continue Prep for Fall & Winter
- Cut back faded perennials for the winter.
- Prune trees for the winter so fallen limbs don't damage your property during snow and ice storms.
- Plant or transplant shrubs and trees now, while they're dormant, to give them the best opportunity for growth next spring.
- Consider replenishing mulch around trees, shrubs & in bed areas, for cold weather protection & to reduce heaving.
- Just because it's winter, don't think you don't need to water! Continue to water plant material, especially newly installed landscapes (if no significant rainfall).
- Continue to remove leaves from turf & bed areas. Chop leaves up with a mulching mower & leave on lawn. Don't let leaves remain at the base of trees & shrubs. This invites insects & disease.
- Remember our feathered friends during the winter....keep plenty of birdseed & fresh water available.
- Around Thanksgiving, it's time for another application of lawn winter fertilizer.
- Plant late spring blooming bulbs before ground freezes.
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