Autumn Garden Guide

 

Early Autumn Garden Guide Jobs For The Yard And Garden

 

In the early autumn garden, the air is cooler and fresher – what a relief this is if you get a lot of high humidity over the summer!

But, sadly, the days are getting shorter and the first frost is looming. Still, if you’ve planned your garden well, you have late-blooming perennials such as sedums, asters, mums, and ornamental grasses to enjoy.

 

And in southern areas, gorgeous autumn colours are on the way. As the season winds up, there’s plenty to do in garden.

Early Autumn Garden Guide

Early autumn garden jobs: In the yard

Watering: One important job in the early autumn garden is to continue to water your plants, especially your evergreens and trees and shrubs if it isn’t raining enough.

 

Going into the winter well hydrated will help keep your plants thriving.

 

Move woody plants: This is can be good time of the year to transplant any shrubs or small trees that you have earmarked for relocation. Do this when the leaves of deciduous woody plants turn colour and start to drop.

 

Plant trees or shrubs: In many regions, particularly mild winter areas, this is a good time to get woody plants into the ground

 

Lawn care: Aerate your lawn and reseed any dead or thin spots. This is the best time of the year to lay turf,  overseed or start a lawn from seed because temperatures are cooler and rain tends to be more plentiful than in the hot summer months.

 

Create a new bed: Do soil preparation for any new beds you want to have ready for spring planting.

 

Landscape projects: This is a good time to plan or do landscaping projects, such as walls, walkways, patios, and decks.

No matter where you live there is always a welcome for the autumn, the days do start to get shorter, I find I’m waiting for the dawn to break so I can see what I’m doing when I get outside in the early mornings but I do enjoy the crispness to the air that is until it starts getting to the really cold stuff.