How to maintain your garden in autumn?

At thefall, nature is preparing for vegetative rest. Plants and shrubs begin to bring their sap back to their roots. Now is the time for the gardener to undertake some maintenance work on his garden. You can, for example, think of removing dead branches, prune the shrubs flowering or perennials. The hedges also need to be pruned one last time. They should also be cleaned of dead leaves that have fallen from trees. This is done to prevent them from rotting with the accumulation of humidity or from suffocating and lacking in light. Ditto for lawns.

September is also the best time to plant a new lawn. And for maintain a lawn existing lawns, it is important to scarify lawns. Enough to limit weeds and eliminate foams. Dried summer herbs should also be removed.

Autumn, the season to plant

As for flowers, it’s time to plant the perennials that will flower the following year. It is also time to cut certain plants such as roses or geraniums. We can also think of collecting seeds of hollyhocks, nasturtiums or from lupines. Seeds that will be dried and stored until planted the following spring. The most fragile potted plants, of course, can be sheltered before the onset of the first cold.

Autumn is finally here season during which it is necessary plant. Tulips, daffodils or roses, for example. Or the trees, because as the saying goes, “To Saint Catherine – in November –, all drink takes root ”. Without forgetting of course in the vegetable garden, the vegetables ofwinter like the onions, the turnips, leeks or endives.