Gardening & Landscaping
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Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
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XP: fall & landscaping chores
Last fall I didn't have too much going on for landscaping here at home because we had just moved in, but this year is a bit different LOL. What do you all do with your flower beds this time of year? Cut everything back? Or leave it? I have marigolds from seeds that are 4 ft tall and sweet potato vine that looks like it was on steroids and some pathetic looking petunias that got overtaken by the sweet potato vine.
I'm just a little bbit clueless with this homeowner stuff yet.
Re: XP: fall & landscaping chores
If you have seed heads on your marigolds, you could always harvest those seeds and save them for next year. The petunias, sweet potato vines and marigolds won't survive a hard frost. So, you can either go ahead and rip them all out now, or wait until the frost kills it. I would opt to ripping it all out before the frost kills it.
Also to be done in the fall, bulb planting. If you want to plant tulips, daffodils, crocus, etc. the fall is the time to do so. I do bed prep in the fall too. I clean out weeds, plant pansies for winter color (I'm in zone 7b we have cold winters, but not frigid and very little snow), replace mulch, plant new bulbs, and divide plants (normally my bulbs).
Check your local agriculture extension for an area garden task calendar. They normally have things like that on the websites.