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Compost disease-free annuals and vegetable crops that have finished producing. Cultivate and add compost to the soil for fall and winter vegetables and annuals. Dig, divide, and replant overgrown perennials as they finish blooming. Weed and amend beds before replanting.
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Clean out flower and vegetable gardens to discourage diseases and pests from overwintering in your beds. Rake leaves from ditches to make way for the rain that's coming. Re-program drip system timers for cooler weather and rain. Update your garden journal, noting what worked and what didn't work.
Keep an eye on the weather report - protect frost-tender plants when the temperature falls below 32 degrees. Divide perennials like daylilies and chrysanthemums. Prune crepe myrtles, cane berries, and roses, and clean-up trimmings.
Continue to rake up leaves for composting and to control pests and diseases. Clean up garden beds. Keep an eye on the weather report, protect frost-tender plants when the temperature falls below 32 degrees. Prune non-flowering trees and shrubs while dormant.
Prune and clean up for fire prevention. Oil and sharpen tools. Sand handles. Either varnish or spray paint handles to make them easy to find in the garden. Pull summer annuals and vegetables. Prune dead and broken branches on trees and shrubs. Rake and compost leaves and plant materials.
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Set out traps for earwigs, slugs, and whitefly. Thin pit fruits at or before pit hardening. Thin apples when diameter. Mow grass or cultivate soil around orchard to discourage thrips and plant bugs. Mulch around plants to control weeds and conserve moisture.
