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

• Check your garden storage areas and greenhouse for mice.
• If applying mulch, be sure not to overdo it.
• Check stored dormant bulbs, fruits and vegetables for decay.
• If you have large trees that may need pruning, start contacting tree care companies.
• Inventory your seed for next year before ordering more seed of the same variety.
• NC Extension Gardener Handbook is a great last minute gift.
• Check garden equipment that needs replacing so you can put the needed items on your gift wish list.
• Think about how you could improve your landscape to support birds over the winter. Think about cover from evergreen shrubs, brush piles, berries and seed heads.

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

• Compost your leaves this year! DO NOT BURN LEAVES
• Inspect shade trees now that leaves have fallen.
• Select NC Christmas Trees!
• Monitor soil moisture on any fall planted trees/shrubs
• Use greenery from your landscape when decorating this year.
• Include NC products in your holiday celebrations.
• Bring soil samples to Cooperative Extension TODAY
• Consider getting mowers serviced now.
• Consider Gardening books or garden tools for Gardeners on your Gift list.
• Consider how your landscape looks through the winter.
• Keep leaves off newly planted grass
• Check mower height on lawn mowers and replace blades.

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

• Drain water out of any sprayers or pumps.
• Spend some time on equipment maintenance.
• Harvest any mature fruits or vegetables today
• Continue planting.
• Bring indoors any plants that might freeze.
• Check houseplants for repotting.
• November is a great time to collect your Soil Samples when we get some rain. 2 week analysis time.
• Research fruit crops.

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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.

• 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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