The anticipation of a new spring garden has past. We’ve survived the hot summer, endless watering, weeding, and fighting mosquitoes. Think it’s time to hang up your garden hat and tools? Think again. For some of us we have just gotten our second wind. Planting fall perennials, starting a compost pile, pruning, mulching, and getting…
Planting the Fall Garden
Every spring I wait in anticipation for the ground to become warm enough to plant. I water and fertilize all summer, and by August, most of my flowers have suffered under the hot summer sun. Tired of pulling weeds, and fighting off the mosquitos, I’m embarrassed to say, my flowers are looking pretty pitiful. But then comes fall. When parts of…