Doing Autumn Chores Will Help Garden Spring Forth

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Think of putting the garden to bed in autumn as a head start on next spring's maintenance. By doing as much as possible this fall, you will have more time available to spend on creative endeavors such as designing a new garden or researching new perennials and annuals.

Rather than bagging leaves, consider alternatives. The easiest is to mulch the leaves with a lawn mower. These tiny shreds will decay, adding much-needed nitrogen to the soil. If mulching is done consistently over the summer, the amount of nitrogen generated is equal to one application.

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Doing Autumn Chores Will Help Garden Spring Forth

Nitrogen can also be purchased and applied to the lawn. Of the three numbers on the package (nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium), the first number should be the ...

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