| Preparing for the Winter Months: Gardening in October | | | | garden by planting your spring bulbs, buying and |
| When you feel that first solid bite in the breeze and | | | | maintaining your trees and shrubs, doing your late |
| you see the songbirds winging their way south, and the | | | | autumn lawn care, using common-sense watering |
| trees are bursting with fire-laden hues, you know you | | | | strategies, building a compost bin and making your own |
| can't be spending the weekend curled up by the | | | | compost, controlling the many common garden pests, |
| fireplace with a good book. Not for long. | | | | and winning at the weed-whacking war before the |
| While the weather is still gardener-friendly, you must | | | | sudden onset of the fickle, cold and all-enveloping |
| shorten your "to-do" lists for the coming of late fall and | | | | winter season. |
| early winter. Now is the time to attack your lawn and | | | | |