Garden Calendar

October 2008

     

01

Wednesday

02

Thursday

03

Friday

04

Saturday

  • Continue Planting Spring - blooming bulbs

05

Sunday

  • Harvest crops of apples

06

Monday

07

Tuesday

  • Cover eggplants, peppers and tomatoes to extend the harvest and protect from frosts

08

Wednesday

  • Select shade trees for Fall color

09

Thursday

10

Friday

  • Take cuttings from Geraniums and pick green tomatoes before the first frost

11

Saturday

  • Mulch strawberry beds with salt hay

12

Sunday

13

Monday

  • Pot up containers of bulbs to be forced indoors

14

Tuesday

  • Do not fertilize trees, shrubs and perennials at Fall planting time.

15

Wednesday

16

Thursday

  • Pot up late blooming Chrysanthemums for flowering indoors

17

Friday

  • Sow seeds of perennials in cold frames now for next years blooming plants

18

Saturday

  • Clean up any frost blackened annuals

19

Sunday

20

Monday

  • Bring in and store garden benches, accessories and patio furniture

21

Tuesday

22

Wednesday

  • Mulch small trees and shrubs 

23

Thursday

  • Rake up leaves and add them to the compost pile

24

Friday

25

Saturday

  • Prepare the ground for new rose bushes arriving next month

26

Sunday

  • Rearrange borders so plants will have a chance for root settling before the ground freezes

27

Monday

28

Tuesday

  • Search for interesting seed pods and fruit for use in Fall decorations

29

Wednesday

  • Bring potting soil and supplies indoors for Winter work

30

Thursday

  • Cut the lawn one last time in late Fall

31

Friday