Fall Gardening
Bulbs: Yorkshire Garden Center has a wide selection of beautiful bulbs to brighten your spring garden. We recommend purchasing your favorites now for the best selection and plant them before Christmas. When planting place the bulbs into the holes with the top of the bulb (usually pointed) pointing up. If you have difficulty deciding which end should go up or down, you can usually count on the base of the bulb being wider than the top. If you cannot distinguish the top or bottom, plant the bulbs on their sides. Bulbs should be planted two to three times deeper than the width of the bulb. For example, a tulip that is 3 inches wide should be planted 6 inches deep. After planting, water the bulbs thoroughly.
Houseplants: Now is the time to bring your tropical and tender plants indoors. If necessary, you can use a good quality insect control to treat the soil and control any ants, pillbugs or other insects that may be living in your plants soil.
Watering: As the weather cools and fall sets in, begin watering less often, but remember to check the soil for moisture at least once a week. If the soil is dry, give your plants a thorough watering. Continue until the ground freezes. 
Pruning: Are you planning to do some pruning around the yard? If so, it might be best to wait until mid-November. Pruning in early fall stimulates new growth, which may not have time to sufficiently mature prior to an early freeze. Thus, relatively tender shoots often do not make it through the winter. For the same reason, avoid excessive amounts of fertilizers on trees, shrubs and roses to allow these plants to finish their growth cycle in a normal manner.
Lawns: Your lawns should be fertilized two to four times a year to make sure they receive the proper amount of nutrients to keep them healthy, thick and green. Most of the fertilizer should be applied in the fall, between September and early December, to strengthen the root system. Stop by Yorkshire Garden Center today to get the appropriate lawn foods and fertilizers to keep your lawn looking its best year around.
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