Fall Garden Tips: Top Ten things to do Right Now!
DOG LOVERS should go straight to #5 GARLIC LOVERS # 6
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| Sawyer Dobbs 10/29/2012 |
Listening to WHYY's You Bet Your Garden is a Saturday tradition, in the Beautiful Brandywine Valley. I especially love the "to do" lists for each season. Here is an abbreviated version from yesterday's show:
Top Ten Things to Do This Fall—and One Big Don't!
( Retrieved from You Bet Your Garden Question of the Week © 2013 Mike McGrath)
1) Impatiens, 'annual begonias' and pepper plants can be long lived perennials if you protect them from frost. So if you live in a non-tropical clime, and want to give this trick a try pot them up and bring them inside before nighttime temperatures drop below 40 degrees.
2) Rinse off those pepper plants—and any returning houseplants—with sharpstreams of water before you bring them inside. Laser-like blasts of water are the best way to get rid of aphids and other hitchhiking pests before they can come inside and multiply
3) Don't feed indoor plants other than potted citrus over the winter. And water your indoor plants very lightly over the winter.
4) Hang suet feeders in your landscape; especially in fruit trees and trees (like ash) that are under attack by borers in many regions. Suet attracts meat-eating birds like chickadees, wrens and woodpeckers that prey on the overwintering eggs and larvae of some of our most destructive insect pests.
5) Protect edible (and tasty!) bulbs like tulips and crocus from Evil Squirrels! Be sure to completely clean up any wrappers and other 'bulb trash' that would otherwise lead Evil Squirrels to your underground treasures. Then either spray the bed with deer repellant or take the advice of bulb expert Sally Ferguson and brush your dog overtop of the bed and/or mulch the bed with collected dog hair. The smell of dogs is a great way to keep Evil Squirrels at bay. 💜
6) If you haven't planted garlic yet, do it soon!** {See this previous Q of the Week for details.} 💜
To view the entire list, visit Top Ten Things to Do This Fall -- and One Big Don't!
2) Rinse off those pepper plants—and any returning houseplants—with sharpstreams of water before you bring them inside. Laser-like blasts of water are the best way to get rid of aphids and other hitchhiking pests before they can come inside and multiply
3) Don't feed indoor plants other than potted citrus over the winter. And water your indoor plants very lightly over the winter.
4) Hang suet feeders in your landscape; especially in fruit trees and trees (like ash) that are under attack by borers in many regions. Suet attracts meat-eating birds like chickadees, wrens and woodpeckers that prey on the overwintering eggs and larvae of some of our most destructive insect pests.
5) Protect edible (and tasty!) bulbs like tulips and crocus from Evil Squirrels! Be sure to completely clean up any wrappers and other 'bulb trash' that would otherwise lead Evil Squirrels to your underground treasures. Then either spray the bed with deer repellant or take the advice of bulb expert Sally Ferguson and brush your dog overtop of the bed and/or mulch the bed with collected dog hair. The smell of dogs is a great way to keep Evil Squirrels at bay. 💜
6) If you haven't planted garlic yet, do it soon!** {See this previous Q of the Week for details.} 💜
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| Garlic, Ajo Rojo {**Burpee.com is a great source to purchase garlic plants} |
To view the entire list, visit Top Ten Things to Do This Fall -- and One Big Don't!
#11: At our house, we cover the pond for a few weeks to prevent the leaves from over feeding it. {Practical, not pretty}
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