FALL IS HERE!
I think everyone in Texas agrees October is the best month of the year for weather. It is also a great time of year to do landscaping. Fall and Winter vegetable gardening is also the most fruitful and green gardens of the year.
To Do's:
MULCH: Your plants have made it through the Summer, congratulations! The mulch is now dried up and providing little nutrients or moisture protection after intense summer heat. Every masterful garden needs mulch in the Fall and Spring.
FERTILIZATION: Just like with mulching after the Summer heat, plants need a pick me up, especially to get a really showy display of Fall blooms. Fertilize with an organic liquid or granular fertilizer for shrubs, trees, and lawn. The best amendment to use is Compost Tea or Liquid Seaweed because it can go on any and all greenery.
TRIMMING: Cut back woody plants to make them rebloom and trim off the unsightly dead material. Dead head Roses and other flowering plants to encourage more blooms. Winter is the best time to prune trees.
VEGETABLE GARDENING: Remove your Summer garden plants except the perennial vegetables. Mix in compost to the first two inches of soil. Plant Fall veggies like Beets, Broccoli, Cabbage, Brussel Sprouts, Carrots, Cauliflower, Chard, Greens, Lettuce, Snow Peas, Raddish, Spinach, Turnips, Garlic. Wait until Middle October for most leafy greens as it is still hot in this part of the state.
FLOWERS: It is nice to plant annual color in key locations most visible in your landscape. Fall and Winter flowers that really pop are: Cyclamen, Dianthus, Pansy, Petunia, Snapdragon, Alyssum, Cosmos, Ornmental Cabbage, Fall Aster.
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