On the Home and Garden Show with Vance Co. Cooperative Ext.

• Start preparing for leaf collection. Plan to compost your leaves Do Not Burn Them!!!!!!
• Save seed from coneflower, sunflower, marigold, rudbeckia, cosmos and others.
• Check cole crops for insects. Ex Loopers, cabbage worms, Harlequin bugs.
• Store leftover and collected seed in a cool, dry location.
• Bring in Houseplants from outside before this weekend
• If you overseed or reseed your lawn, avoid weed control products according to product instructions.
• October is a great time to collect your Soil Samples!n 2 week analysis time.
• Planting trees and shrubs? Start with a tape measure.

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On the Home and Garden Show with Vance Co. Cooperative Ext.

• When reseeding your cool season lawn buying poor quality seed is asking for disappointment.Check your seed tags purchase certified seed. Check for the blue certification tag.Certified seed is free of noxious weed seed and contains low amounts of other crop seed.b  Good seed helps in having a good lawn.
• Start controlling fire ants.
• Check cole crops for insects. Ex Loopers, cabbage worms, Harlequin bugs.
• Start planning for any trees and shrubs you may want to plant in your landscape this fall.
• Control weeds in the garden. One weed left to seed out can produce 1000’s of weeds in your garden next year.

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