Gardening Calendar

September

• Cuttings of annuals can be taken now to provide vigorous plants for overwintering.

• Continue planting evergreens now.

• Herbs such as parsley, rosemary, chives, thyme and marjoram can be dug from the garden and placed in pots now for growing indoors this winter.

• Sowing seeds of radish, lettuce, spinach and other greens in a cold frame will prolong fall harvests.

• During weeks 2-3, pinch out the top of brussels sprout plants to plump out the developing sprouts.

• Egyptian (top-setting) onions can be divided and replanted now.

• If soils become dry, established lawns should be watered thoroughly to a depth of 4-6 inches.

• Pick pears before they are fully mature. Store in a cool, dark basement to ripen.

  

• Bury or discard any spoiled fallen fruits.

• Autumn is a good time to add manure, compost or leaf mold to garden soils for increasing organic matter content.

• Monitor plants for spider mite activity. Reduce their numbers by hosing off with a forceful spray of water.

• It is not uncommon to see puff balls in lawn areas during this time.