October Gardening Chores
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While you can still identify them easily, prune dead and diseased branches from trees and shrubs.
Do not become alarmed if your yews, pines, arborvitae, and junipers begin to shed their interior needles. It is natural for them to do so at this time of year. White pines are shedding their older needles now. Rake them up and use as mulch on azalea, rhododendron, andromeda, and camellia.
Fall is the best time of year for moving most plants. Transplant deciduous trees and shrubs when they are dormant in a few more weeks. Evergreen trees or shrubs, however, may be transplanted earlier in the fall, before they go dormant.
Be sure to clean up from around your perennial flowers, such as rose and peony. If left on the ground, leaves and stems can harbor diseases and provide convenient places for pests to spend the winter.
Plant garlic and shallots now for harvest next fall. Plant in a sunny spot in well-drained soil placing the tips 2 inches beneath the soil surface.
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