What to do in your garden now that September is here
Believe it or not, September is an excellent month to plant & work in your garden! Just ask Master Gardener Carrie Petty. Carrie tells us:
This is an excellent time of year for the garden, planting and transplanting particularly. Remember to plant spring flowering bulbs now so that the roots have time to establish. Also, do that seasonal wardrobe change by switching out summer annuals in containers for colorful Mums.
Weeding the gardens now is critical so that seed heads don’t form and create more baby weeds for spring. Saving some seeds from perennial seed heads is a great and inexpensive way to start new next season. After you clip the seed heads from perennials, cut back to the ground anything dying off. Lay the seed head on some newspaper to dry out then store in an airtight container.
That Autumnal Equinox will be here before you know it, Friday, September 22nd at 4:02pm marks the arrival of the first day of fall. But our first hard frost is not until October typically.
So many good things to do in the garden this month, and you can find my September Gardening Check List here on www.CarriePetty.com
All to help you “Grow a Beautiful Life!”
About Carrie:
Carrie Petty is a fourth generation Hoosier! She is a lecturer, Master Gardener, as well as a top Garden and Lifestyle Blogger. An amateur naturalist, painter & photographer, Petty loves teaching families how to, “Grow a Beautiful Life.”
Find here articles monthly in all the TownPost Magazines and on her gardening & lifestyle blog: www.CarriePetty.com She can also be found on Facebook and Twitter @Caroline_Garden
To learn more, visit www.CarriePetty.com.