Fall Tips Vegetable Garden
- Get a jump on the spring season and prepare your garden, cleaning up and composting dead plants.
- Sow winter hardy plants such as spinach and lettuces and cover with clear plastic fitted over PVC arches, wooden cold frames, or raised beds covered with recycled windows.
- Plant garlic cloves, pointy end up around the third week of September, 1” deep and 3” apart. Mulch garden to keep springs emerging weeds to a minimum. Delight in spring as you dig up new bulbs – braid for decoration or store for spring and summer food preparation.
- Clean and store tools and organize all gardening equipment and materials.
- Mulch the garden with a nice layer of straw. This will keep the earthworms warm.
- Start to plan for spring and plan for what you love.
- For soil preparation and amendments visit ext.colostate.edu
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