• Dahlias, canna lilies, and gladiolus bulbs need to be lifted and stored over the winter. • Plant spring flowering bulbs, groundcovers, garlic, shallots and overwintering onions. • Place fuchsias where they won’t freeze.

• Winterize your pond. Stretch net over the water to catch falling leaves. • Dig and divide rhubarb and large clumps of perennials. • Plant and/or transplant trees & shrubs. Remember to use Transplant Fertilizer. • Replenish soil for next year’s garden by adding manure, kelp meal and bone meal or a soil energizer. • Aerate and top dress lawn; sow new grass seed until mid-October. • Apply Lime and/or Fall Fertilizer 10-4-24. • Place a light coating of mulch, manure or compost around roses, berries, rhubarb and asparagus for winter protection. • Clean up annual flower beds and mulch with manure or compost.

• Dig and store geraniums, tuberous begonias. Ask us how to do it safely.

• Keep your Christmas cactus dry & cool, then resume watering and increase temperature once flower buds form. • Reduce light to poinsettias; 14 hours of complete darkness and 10 hours of bright light each day. • Plant bulbs that require “forcing”. • Harvest sunflower heads; use seeds for bird food or roast for personal use. • Harvest and store vegetables and apples; keep at about 5°C (40°F).

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