The Garden Bug: Autumn Garden Tasks

By Brenda Weaver

• Gather seeds from your spent plantings; collect all dead and dying foliage.

• Compost any plant waste that is not diseased. If burning is permitted in your community, this will be an effective way to dispose of diseased plants.

• The autumn leaf fall can suffocate a lawn (especially any newly-established ones) if not often raked up.

• Planted cover crops, or spreading mulch over bare soil, can help prevent soil erosion over the winter.

Sources: www.thespruce.com, wayne.ces.ncsu.edu