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Amature nature photographer, fish enthusiast, and backyard farmer. All pictures are taken by me.
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Get your gardens ready for Fall!

Assuming that you are in an area where signs of autumn have begun, now is a great time to get started on the many tasks you should be doing to prepare your garden for the colder months.

To-Do List:

  1. Soil amendment. First, you’re going to have to recognize what kind of soil type you have in the first place if you haven’t already. Is it sandy soil? Is it clay soil? What is the pH (which can vary between different beds)? Soil amendment just means material added to the soil to improve it, and everyone should be doing it. Water retention, drainage, and added nutrition are just some of the benefits. I know there are a lot of manufactured products that promise much, but some of them can do more harm than good, depending on your soil type. THAT SAID, you can’t really go wrong with a nice plant compost worked into the soil. There’s some great information here.
  2. Take cuttings from tender perennials like fuchsias. Insert cuttings around the edge of pots or in seed trays, and leave over winter. If you live in a milder winter climate, you probably don’t need to do this, or just shoving some protection over them for winter should suffice.
  3. Take hardwood cuttings of roses. This is great especially if your bushes got a little wild this year, because you can select a few good candidates from the pruning pile. Ideally, you want them to be pencil-thick, and about 12 inches long. Remember to plant them about 8 inches deep in well-draining soil or sand. If it makes it, you have a rose. If it doesn’t, chuck it in the compost pile.
  4. Divide clumps of perennials that are out of control now, and you will thank yourself later. This is also a good time to plant some last-minute perennials, and collect seeds as they ripen.
  5. Plant those spring-flowering bulbs.
  6. Transplant/move shrubs and plants that have outgrown their space. If you do it now, they’ll have enough time before winter sets in to settle.

[BANGS ON POTS AND PANS]

If you haven’t already, get cracking with those fall garden tasks, my friends!

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I’m so glad to have a baby sunrose again. I really missed the (almost) constant blooming. It’s gonna look so beautiful when it gets big enough to hang.

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Young Catnip Plants (Nepeta cataria)

An herbaceous perennial in the mint family.

Not sure why they’re growing so sideways, but it’s probably due to the lack of light.

10/11/15 - Fort Collins, CO

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