- Continue taking advantage of fall plant sales since there is still time to add perennials and ground covers to your garden. This is also the preferred time to plant evergreen trees and shrubs, both broadleaf and coniferous.
- Don’t let those leaves “leave” your yard! Either use a mulching mower to send them back into the lawn or compost them. Oak leaves are great soil acidifiers and are especially good around rhododendrons and camellias.
- Monitor rainfall (now that we have some) and adjust your irrigation.
- First week of October still provides sufficient time to start a new lawn either from seed or from sod.
- Keep that compost pile turned as you add debris from fall cleanup. You could have usable compost by spring.
