![]() #TRUE AUTUMN SERIES#Jen Ursillo is a reporter and anchor for New Jersey 101.5.A gripping coming-of-age story about defying the odds, adapted by The Lazarus Project‘s Joe Barton, this eight-episode series will be perfect Halloween 2022 viewing. “When I’m getting ready to plant annual crops in April, May, and early June depending on what I’m planting, I would use a heavy-duty garden fork to stick into the soil, rock it back a little bit, and not even fully turn over, but just lift the soil a little bit to aerate in the spring for planting,” Errickson said.īut at this time of year, to get the garden fall-ready, aside from adding compost to the garden beds, Errickson said to think about adding some mulch to areas where summer plants have been pulled out of the garden.Ĭovering what’s now bare soil with mulch will help keep that soil in place as the wind picks up and heavy rains may erode the soil, she said.Ī layer of mulch like straw or wood chips will help keep that soil preserved for the spring.Įarly autumn is a good time to keep planting, so have fun getting creative to bring out the best fall colors and veggies! Errickson suggested doing soil aeration in the spring, rather than the fall. Letting the soil breathe is the same as soil aeration. Hanging bunches of sage, rosemary, and lavender in dry air, and out of direct sunlight, should dry them out quickly and then these dried herbs can be used throughout the winter. Gardeners can even dry them if they wish. These herbs will keep some green on the plants that can continue to be harvested, she said. They can continue to be harvested outside through most of the fall, until the first frost or heavy snowfall. Usually, for perennial herbs like sage, thyme, and rosemary, the best thing to do (if they are planted in the ground or a container with a good amount of soil), leave them outside. If your summer herbs are already potted, Errickson said you can move them inside to continue harvesting them, like basil. Rather than cutting them back right now, cut them back before the first snowfall to clean the garden out at that point, she suggested. Leave them standing through most of November. If anyone has perennial plants like echinacea, rudbeckia, or other coneflowers that are producing seeds, the birds really enjoy them, Errickson said. She’s seen goldfinches enjoying the seeds almost every evening. She is leaving her sunflower stalks standing. What should we do with our summer flowers?Įrrickson said this is a great time of year to think about feeding the birds with some of our summer flowers. She said it’s wise to plant these seeds in June, so they can harvest come fall. ![]() It is, however, too late to plant pumpkins. In the spring, the garlic shoots start emerging and the garlic is ready to harvest usually in late July/early August, she said. If you had a bale of straw to set pumpkins on with cornstalks and scarecrows, the straw mulch can be used to cover the garlic, she added. ![]() It’s also a great way to repurpose fall decorations. Garlic bulbs are planted in the soil, covered with some compost and a strong mulch. ![]() In New Jersey, late October/early November is the ideal window to plant garlic. But, next year, the plants will come back even stronger with even more blooms this time of year.įall is also a wonderful time of year to plant garlic, Errickson said. They might actually have some blooms on the plants that gardeners can enjoy this fall. ![]() “So, getting spring flower bulbs, like daffodils, tulips, and hyacinths in the ground in October works really well for spring color,” Errickson said.Īlso, a lot of people may not know that this is a great time of year to plant perennial flowers that would be potted from a local nursery right now, she added. She said this is also a good time of year to start thinking about next season. Mums are always a nice addition to a fall garden. Errickson said they come in all different colors like white, yellow, orange, red, and purple, and they come in all different sizes and shapes. Mums are the most common flowers planted in the fall. ![]()
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