Category: FALL
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🍂Four Ways to Use the Bounty of Fall Leaves in Your Landscape
Four ways to use fall leaves to improve the health of your soil and local ecology.
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Weekend Tip: Save the Leaves–and Your Neighbor’s too!
Four ways to use fall leaves to improve the health of your soil and local ecology.
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Weekend Tip – Shopping for New Trees and Shrubs
Let’s go shopping! Fall is a great time for planting trees and shrubs.
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November is Here!
November Garden Calendar 🍂 đź«– It might seem like time to kick back by the fire and sip tea—it is—it so is, but it’s also the perfect time for landscape projects. The soil is soft and workable, and planting in the dormant season gives your new trees and shrubs time to set down roots, connect…
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Weekend Tip: Winterize Your Irrigation System
Now that the rain is here to stay, it’s time to power off and drain your system. Drip systems need to be turned off and drained for winter to prevent damage to the fittings. To do this, open all the valves and slip off the figure 8 end clamps and let the water drain, lifting where necessary…
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Weekend Tip: Cover Crop Time!
Hello Rain! Lovely to see you again. Now that you’re here, I’ll toss around some cover crop that you can get growing for me. Cover crops can feed your soil microbes sugars through their root systems, protect your soil from leaching and erosion, and provide nutrients in the spring when they are composted on the…
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Garlic Planting Time!
🍂The leaves are turning —it’s time to get your garlic in the ground.🧄 September through October is ideal, although I have planted in late November with success. Need some instructions or tips? Read: Guide for Growing Garlic in 5 Simple Steps.
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Getting Ready for Winter
Wondering about some good ways to tuck your garden into bed for the winter? Check out my new soil health article Garden Winterization Techniques for best practices and tips.
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