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

• Keep Leaves off of recently planted grass
• Continue planting pansies.
• Clean up your garden. Take up and clean any equipment you won’t use till next spring
• Make sure sprayers are empty.
• Compost your leaves this year. They are too valuable to BURN!
• Clean up outdoor planters that will not be in use over the winter.
• October is a great time to collect your Soil Samples when we get some rain. 2 week analysis time.
• Don’t rush to cut back perennial flowers, especially those with dried flowers and seed heads that will feed birds through the winter.

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

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

• Start preparing for season extension. Have your frost protection plan ready!
• Should you apply lime to your lawn?
• Clean up your garden. Take up and clean and store your vegetable trellis if vegetables are finished producing on the trellis
• What should you do about moss? Stop fighting it?
• Check fall vegetables for harlequin bugs. These insects are shaped like stink bugs. Black with red markings on back
• Mowing tip: aim discharge chute away from flower and shrub beds to cut down on weeds.
• October is a great time to collect your Soil Samples when we get some rain. 2 week analysis time.

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