On the Home and Garden Show with Vance Co. Cooperative Ext.
- Now is the time to start planning your season extension methods. Row covers. plastic , cardboard.
- If you plan to renovate your lawn do so ASAP.
- With cooler temps scout your property for fire ants. Granule baits work well when fire ants are foraging
- Plant a cover crop on vacant areas of your garden, Crimson clover is a good cover crop.
- Your fall vegetables may need top dressing check your garden journal for when they were last fertilized.
- Plant trees, shrubs, bulbs, perennials, pansies, strawberries.
- Now is the time to collect soil samples. Avoid the rush!
- Harvest sweet potatoes now. Sun cure them by placing them on a trailer and leaving them in sunshine and moving them inside at night. Do this for about 2 weeks after digging.
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