Summer is coming to an end, but that doesn’t mean that it’s time to give up on gardening just yet.

Now is the time to start growing cool weather crops – flowers and food – and preparing your yard and garden for winter.

Preparation for winter is key to cutting back on unnecessary work and for having a successful garden and beautiful yard in the spring.

Here are some tips for getting your end of the summer growth under control, and what to plant, when and where.

1. Clean and weed
Even before all the leaves have fallen, begin raking them up and readying them for either your compost or for mulch. Pile up dead plants from the garden, ones that may be exhausted from bearing fruits or veggies and any flowers or bushes that need cut back. Make sure to separate and get rid of anything that might seem diseased and any weeds you don’t want popping up from the compost you use next year on your garden.

2. Plant for the present
Once the heat has given up, it’s perfect weather to begin planting your fall flowers. Pansies work great in cooler weather and will bloom even until colder months, like December. You can also begin planting cool weather vegetables, like greens. 

3. Plant for the future
It’s also the right time to begin planting your bulbs and seeds for spring. Bulbs are best when they’ve “hibernated” throughout the weather, with at least one good freeze to get them into dormant stage.

Fall also boasts perfect conditions for sowing hardier annuals, like cosmos, poppies and larkspur. More often than not, seeds sown in fall and conditioned by a winter freeze will be ready to burst through in the springtime.

4. Plant trees and shrubs
Fall is the time to plant ornamental shrubs and trees, without the worry of summer’s heat. If planted in the early fall, they’ll have time to establish a good root system before winter’s freezing temps arrive.

5. Mulch!
Mulching is the best way to protect your soil and your perennials during the cold weather. Straw or mulched leaves are both good options – you’ll most likely already have the leaves. Cover newly planted bulbs or seeds and build up mulch around tree trunks and shrubs to help protect from freezing weather.

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Summer is coming to an end, but that doesn’t mean that it’s time to give up on gardening just yet.

Now is the time to start growing cool weather crops – flowers and food – and preparing your yard and garden for winter.

Preparation for winter is key to cutting back on unnecessary work and for having a successful garden and beautiful yard in the spring.

Here are some tips for getting your end of the summer growth under control, and what to plant, when and where.

1. Clean and weed
Even before all the leaves have fallen, begin raking them up and readying them for either your compost or for mulch. Pile up dead plants from the garden, ones that may be exhausted from bearing fruits or veggies and any flowers or bushes that need cut back. Make sure to separate and get rid of anything that might seem diseased and any weeds you don’t want popping up from the compost you use next year on your garden.

2. Plant for the present
Once the heat has given up, it’s perfect weather to begin planting your fall flowers. Pansies work great in cooler weather and will bloom even until colder months, like December. You can also begin planting cool weather vegetables, like greens. 

3. Plant for the future
It’s also the right time to begin planting your bulbs and seeds for spring. Bulbs are best when they’ve “hibernated” throughout the weather, with at least one good freeze to get them into dormant stage.

Fall also boasts perfect conditions for sowing hardier annuals, like cosmos, poppies and larkspur. More often than not, seeds sown in fall and conditioned by a winter freeze will be ready to burst through in the springtime.

4. Plant trees and shrubs
Fall is the time to plant ornamental shrubs and trees, without the worry of summer’s heat. If planted in the early fall, they’ll have time to establish a good root system before winter’s freezing temps arrive.

5. Mulch!
Mulching is the best way to protect your soil and your perennials during the cold weather. Straw or mulched leaves are both good options – you’ll most likely already have the leaves. Cover newly planted bulbs or seeds and build up mulch around tree trunks and shrubs to help protect from freezing weather.

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For more on gardening, tech geekery, food and music, check out
twinklevanwinkle.com. Find Twinkle on
Foodspotting, Tumblr and
Twitter.

Twinkle VanWinkle ponders, creates and discovers cool stuff about music, movies, food, fashion and so forth. Her thoughtful writings and interactives give great advice about healthy food, cooking tips, DIY projects, fashion and more. She’ll teach you a thing or two about music as well. Along with producing dynamic entertainment content for LIN Media, she is a mother, musician and social media fanatic.

Saturday, August 25, 2012 – 12:48am
UD’s 3rd annual “Day In The Garden” set for Sat. afternoon

Updated Saturday, August 25, 2012 – 12:53am

You can sample some freshly-grown fruits and vegetables and get environmentally-friendly gardening tips at the 3rd annual Day In The Garden, hosted by the University of Delaware Cooperative Extension.

Master Gardener and Master Food Educator Gail Hermenau tells WDEL News there’ll be lots for the whole family to see and do.

Click here to listen

Kids’ activities are also on the agenda for the free event, set for 1 to 3 PM Saturday in the back of UD’s Cooperative Extension Building at 461 Wyoming Avenue in Newark.

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Summer is coming to an end, but that doesn’t mean that it’s time to give up on gardening just yet.

Now is the time to start growing cool weather crops – flowers and food – and preparing your yard and garden for winter.

Preparation for winter is key to cutting back on unnecessary work and for having a successful garden and beautiful yard in the spring.

Here are some tips for getting your end of the summer growth under control, and what to plant, when and where.

1. Clean and weed
Even before all the leaves have fallen, begin raking them up and readying them for either your compost or for mulch. Pile up dead plants from the garden, ones that may be exhausted from bearing fruits or veggies and any flowers or bushes that need cut back. Make sure to separate and get rid of anything that might seem diseased and any weeds you don’t want popping up from the compost you use next year on your garden.

2. Plant for the present
Once the heat has given up, it’s perfect weather to begin planting your fall flowers. Pansies work great in cooler weather and will bloom even until colder months, like December. You can also begin planting cool weather vegetables, like greens. 

3. Plant for the future
It’s also the right time to begin planting your bulbs and seeds for spring. Bulbs are best when they’ve “hibernated” throughout the weather, with at least one good freeze to get them into dormant stage.

Fall also boasts perfect conditions for sowing hardier annuals, like cosmos, poppies and larkspur. More often than not, seeds sown in fall and conditioned by a winter freeze will be ready to burst through in the springtime.

4. Plant trees and shrubs
Fall is the time to plant ornamental shrubs and trees, without the worry of summer’s heat. If planted in the early fall, they’ll have time to establish a good root system before winter’s freezing temps arrive.

5. Mulch!
Mulching is the best way to protect your soil and your perennials during the cold weather. Straw or mulched leaves are both good options – you’ll most likely already have the leaves. Cover newly planted bulbs or seeds and build up mulch around tree trunks and shrubs to help protect from freezing weather.

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For more on gardening, tech geekery, food and music, check out
twinklevanwinkle.com. Find Twinkle on
Foodspotting, Tumblr and
Twitter.

Twinkle VanWinkle ponders, creates and discovers cool stuff about music, movies, food, fashion and so forth. Her thoughtful writings and interactives give great advice about healthy food, cooking tips, DIY projects, fashion and more. She’ll teach you a thing or two about music as well. Along with producing dynamic entertainment content for LIN Media, she is a mother, musician and social media fanatic.

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Summer is coming to an end, but that doesn’t mean that it’s time to give up on gardening just yet.

Now is the time to start growing cool weather crops – flowers and food – and preparing your yard and garden for winter.

Preparation for winter is key to cutting back on unnecessary work and for having a successful garden and beautiful yard in the spring.

Here are some tips for getting your end of the summer growth under control, and what to plant, when and where.

1. Clean and weed
Even before all the leaves have fallen, begin raking them up and readying them for either your compost or for mulch. Pile up dead plants from the garden, ones that may be exhausted from bearing fruits or veggies and any flowers or bushes that need cut back. Make sure to separate and get rid of anything that might seem diseased and any weeds you don’t want popping up from the compost you use next year on your garden.

2. Plant for the present
Once the heat has given up, it’s perfect weather to begin planting your fall flowers. Pansies work great in cooler weather and will bloom even until colder months, like December. You can also begin planting cool weather vegetables, like greens. 

3. Plant for the future
It’s also the right time to begin planting your bulbs and seeds for spring. Bulbs are best when they’ve “hibernated” throughout the weather, with at least one good freeze to get them into dormant stage.

Fall also boasts perfect conditions for sowing hardier annuals, like cosmos, poppies and larkspur. More often than not, seeds sown in fall and conditioned by a winter freeze will be ready to burst through in the springtime.

4. Plant trees and shrubs
Fall is the time to plant ornamental shrubs and trees, without the worry of summer’s heat. If planted in the early fall, they’ll have time to establish a good root system before winter’s freezing temps arrive.

5. Mulch!
Mulching is the best way to protect your soil and your perennials during the cold weather. Straw or mulched leaves are both good options – you’ll most likely already have the leaves. Cover newly planted bulbs or seeds and build up mulch around tree trunks and shrubs to help protect from freezing weather.

—————————————————————————

For more on gardening, tech geekery, food and music, check out
twinklevanwinkle.com. Find Twinkle on
Foodspotting, Tumblr and
Twitter.

Twinkle VanWinkle ponders, creates and discovers cool stuff about music, movies, food, fashion and so forth. Her thoughtful writings and interactives give great advice about healthy food, cooking tips, DIY projects, fashion and more. She’ll teach you a thing or two about music as well. Along with producing dynamic entertainment content for LIN Media, she is a mother, musician and social media fanatic.

KAYSVILLE — The new ornamental grass garden will be on display at the Utah State University Botanical Garden Center open house.

The open house, free to the public, will be from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. today at the center gardens, 725 Sego Lily Drive, in Kaysville.

The open house is being held in conjunction with the USU garden’s weekly farmers’ market.

At the open house, master gardeners will be available to provide the public with gardening tips, said Britney Hunter, a member of the USU Horticulture Extension faculty.

The gardens have an arboretum, Hunter said, which has been popular with the public because of the number of residents who lost trees in the Dec. 1 hurricane-force windstorm.

The gardens also have more than 100 fruit trees.

Hunter said, “We just want people to come enjoy the facility.”

Davis County Commissioner Bret Millburn said the USU garden center provides a “great resource” to the public.

CHICOPEE, Mass. (Mass Appeal) – Why is it that you can water and water and water your lawn, but it still turns brown and dry? Ed Sourdiffe is a Master Gardener and today he’s going to show us simple lawn care tips that can keep our lawns healthy and lush!

Western Massachusetts Master Gardener Association

Master Gardeners are ready to help you with your gardening problems. Whether it is unusual insects infecting your favorite tree, brown leaves on plants, tomatoes with splits, acid soil, or compost that won’t smoke, we can give you guidance in solving your gardening dilemma.

The Western Massachusetts Master Gardener Association is a non-profit organization. It is comprised of trained Master Gardeners who must graduate from a demanding study program and volunteer many hours of working with the public to receive a Master Gardener Certificate. Our program originated at the Cooperative Extension Service of the State University System. In 1989, the program ended at UMass due to funding problems, and a dedicated group of graduates organized and continued the program independent of the University.