Fall Gardening Tips for Beginners

Fall Gardening Tips for Beginners | ecogreenlove

Falling leaves signal the beginning of the fall garden clean up season. Fall is a great time to plant trees and shrubs, cut back perennials, remove annuals and get your lawn healthy for next spring. Remember to keep watering. Trees and shrubs that are deprived of water now will be easily stressed in the winter. Below is a handy guide to fall clean up tasks, vegetables to plant, flowers to plant, when and how to start and finally when and how to harvest.

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Homegrown plants for common cures

It is known knowledge that, herbs grown around the house can turn out to be cures for common ailments. Instead of wasting gas to go to the drug store every now and then, grow some of this around the house in pots and place them in sun windowsill’s herb garden. This can easily be bought from garden stores and planted in the pots.

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Invasive plants to keep out of your garden

Found on on Mother Nature Network. Originally written by Chaya Kurtz for Networx.com

Even if they are pretty or smell divine, resist the temptation to plant them.

If you have ever seen a weed take over your whole garden or yard, you have seen invasive plants in action. The following invasive plants look like common garden plants. However, they are capable of quickly multiplying and crowding out native plants in open spaces, like woodlands and wetlands. Continue reading “Invasive plants to keep out of your garden”