A Labor Day gardening task list to finish out the season and get you ready for next year
Description
You might think of Labor Day as the time when you start closing down shop for the year, but it's also the time when you can start laying groundwork for next year.
In this episode, Don and John go over some of the most fruitful tasks for your Labor Day/early September to-do list, like fertilizing your lawn, splitting geraniums and tackling your toughest weeds.
Topics in this episode:
0:42 Don's vacation seeing gardens on Martha's Vineyard, Boston and Hyde Park
6:40 Are tomatoes late this year?
12:50 The transition time of the Labor Day holiday
13:52 The most important time of year to fertilize your lawn
15:45 This is the best time to control lawn weeds
16:58 What kind of fertilizer should we be using?
18:54 Overseeding your trouble spots
20:06 What to use for spot spraying
21:31 Making cuttings from your geraniums
23:34 Dig and divide peonies
24:38 Planting tulip, daffodil, hyacinth bulbs
26:15 Moving rhubarb
28:30 Planning your garden expansion
30:27 Harvesting vegetables and fruits
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