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

• Check garden tools if they need replacing add them to your Christmas list
• Make a final check of gas-powered equipment to be certain gas tanks are empty.
• Inventory your seed supply. Order newly released varieties now before they sell out
• Move trees and shrubs if needed.
• Check moisture of holiday plants, especially Christmas trees
• Clean up brushy areas of your landscape. Ticks and chiggers are inactive, but be mindful of poison ivy vines.
• Review your garden journal about what was successful and even what didn’t do well so you can plan for next year.
• Continue planting trees and shrubs.
• Clean your greenhouse, high tunnel, or cold frame.

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

• Check local nurseries and garden centers when purchasing holiday decorations and gifts
• If you think any shade trees need work, make arrangements now. But DO NOT TOP.
• If you have put up a natural christmas tree check water reservoir each day for water and keep it full with water that will keep your tree fresh and keep it from trying out and becoming a fire hazard
• If you are installing a row of shrubs as a screen, consider using multiple species. This is less risky than putting all your eggs in one basket.
• You can make holiday decorations from cuttings from your landscape plants. Ex hollies, magnolia, Pine cuttings, pine cones
• Take an inventory of leftover seeds and make sure they are stored in a suitable location (cool and dry).
• Soil Sample Peak season fee starts Dec 1 $4 per sample 7 week analysis time.
• Christmas gift idea: PPE for your loved one! Chem resistant gloves, eye protection, hearing protection.
• Make a compost bin if you don’t have one already
• Add some berry producing native shrubs to your landscape to help birds through the winter.

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