Preparing For Fall Bulb Planting
Tuesday, September 30th, 2008
Your soil needs to be turned in preparation for planting your bulbs. This will loosen the soil and mix in air. It allows you to remove debris that might be hiding in your planter. The tools you need are a shovel and bow rake. When you are ready to plant your bulbs you will need a bulb planter.
In case you missed the last episode Fall Lawn Overseeding.
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Lawn Care Tip: Fall Lawn Over Seeding
Friday, September 26th, 2008
Welcome to the Phil The Gardener Show.
In this episode we’re going to give you a lawn care tip.
As you go into fall your lawn maintenance schedule should change. With the weather getting cooler and the days getting shorter you can overseed your lawn right along with your fall application of fertilizer.
A fall application of fertilizer helps to build the roots stronger to protect your grass during the winter cold.
Make sure you apply water to your grass seed and fertilizer as soon as you put it down. Until your grass seed comes up, you need to make sure it doesn’t dry out. Apply enough water to make this happen, monitor your watering applications closely to prevent over watering.
In case you missed the last episode Conserving Water.
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Conserving Water
Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008We need to do all we can to save a very important resource by conserving water.
The weather is cooling down so you need to cut back on the amount of water you are applying to your yard if you haven’t already. The days are not as hot, and we are not having as much evaporation as we did during the heat of the summer.
I try to take a walk early every morning to get the blood flowing through my veins. It’s a good way to start the day. It’s kind of nice to be able to walk through my neighborhood just as the day is waking up for everyone. One thing I’ve noticed here in Modesto is even though Mondays are a do not water Day. A lot of people have not changed their sprinkler system to the correct schedule or run their sprinkler system every day.
Water savings is something that I’ll continue to talk about, because it’s a subject that is close to my heart. I enjoy the challenge of growing a nice lawn and nice yard and using the minimal amount of water needed.
You can Google water days, and put in the city that you live in. You should be able to find the regulations most cities have adopted for watering days here in the United States.
A lot of times, cities will schedule the watering days according to the last number in your street address with even-numbered days watering on Tuesday Thursday and Saturday and odd-numbered days watering on Sunday, Wednesday and Friday. It’s definitely important to stop using as much water on your lawn and your planters now that the plants don’t need as much. If it runs off and runs down the storm gutter you’re wasting it anyway.
Let’s all do our part to conserve water.
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