Gardening Tips
Winter
- Decorative cabbage and kale are good to plant in the late fall.
- Plant spring-flowering bulbs
- Purchase tulip bulbs and pre-chill in a paper bag in your refrigerator for 8 weeks. Plant these in January
- Give bulbs some "bulb booster" at the time of planting and any spring bulbs already in the ground should be fertilized now. Prune dead and dying foliage.
- Bring houseplants indoors. They may experience an adjustment period and have yellowing or falling leaves, but that is a natural reaction to dryer indoor conditions
- Apply fertilizer to cool season grasses before Thanksgiving
- Rake regularly to keep leaves and pine needles off lawn. Use these to mulch.
- Prepare lawn mower for winter storage by draining the gas and disconnecting the spark plug. Now might be a good time to check into that electric mower.
