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

• Check house plants if they have become root bound and replant them in larger containers.
• If you haven’t checked the oil on your mower lately, do it before the next use.
• Take out vegetables that have slowed production use the space for fall vegetables
• Pull, spray or trim microstegium before it sets seed.
• Prepare for your fall garden.
• Collect seed from coneflower, rudbeckia, marigold, zinnia, sunflowers and other flowers to reduce seed costs next year. Avoid collecting from hybrid varieties and store seed in a cool, dry location.

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

• Protect Lawn equipment by putting your contact information on the equipment, also photo equipment for insurance purposes.
• Chop up fresh garden herbs, place in ice cube trays, then fill with water and freeze. Save the herb cubes to add to your soups and stews over the winter.
• Start planning your fall landscape projects now
• Check out the NC State Extension Plant Toolbox to research plants for those fall landscape projects.
• Know what to plant and when in the garden with a copy of the Central piedmont planting guide
• Make plans for tall fescue fertilization and/or seeding in early September.
• Share excess vegetables with friends and neighbors who don’t have a garden.
• Make sure leftover garden seed is stored in a cool, dry location, or even better in the refrigerator or freezer.

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

• Make plans for your fall garden.Ex seed, transplants
• Be cautious with extended control herbicides.
• Remember Lawn Mower safety. Check for objects in the lawn. NO Extra Riders
• Stay diligent with weed control in landscape plantings.
• Know what to plant and when in the garden with a copy of the Central piedmont planting guide
• Use directed sprays for weed control by using a cardboard shield.
• Let children help in the garden. Teach them now and it will benefit them when they become adults
• Be cautious spraying weeds in and near ponds.

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