THE GARDEN PRIMER 



September (continued) 



Perennials that have finished flowering can be moved now and be 

 ready for next year. 



Save all leaves, dead branches (of healthy plants) and everything 



that can go to make compost. 

 Cut out old canes of berries. 



Keep weeds out ; cut off seed pods, but let the tilling go from now on. 

 Save seeds from any favorite that you may wish to propagate. 



OCTOBER 



Rake up bare spots in lawn; dress with sheep manure and seed 

 liberally. 



Keep the grass cut as regularly as in midsummer, up to the last 

 minute. 



Fall planting should be done this month; order shrubs and trees 

 now. 



Cut down the tops of perennials that have died, except where this 

 is advised against. 



Get the winter dressings ready or arranged for, in good season. 

 Set out bulbs as directed in the chapter dealing with them. 

 Clean up everywhere, spread manure over the vegetable garden, 



plough or spade it and leave it for the winter. 

 Transplant the plants to the coldframe that are to be wintered 



there. 



NOVEMBER 



Pile everything in the shape of rakings into a heap, mix a little 

 lime through it or not, and thus prepare compost for spring. 



Root vegetables are now to be stored for the winter. 



Seed of corn salad, kale and spinach may be broadcasted over 

 patches of the garden for early spring use. 



Give rhubarb and peonies a heavy dressing of manure. 



Take up tender bulbs and tubers, shake the earth from them and 

 handle aa directed in the bulb chapter. 



DECEMBER 



As soon as the ground freezes, mulch everything with leaves or straw. 

 Salt grass is often used and has the advantage of not being full of 

 weeds. 



Hold mulch in place by some shovelfuls of earth thrown over it. 



Cover coldframes at night with straw mats and wooden .shutters. 



Gather all cocoons and everything that looks suspicious, from every 

 tree and shrub, and bum them. 



Trim out dead branches and prune generally, except spring-flow- 

 ering shrubs. 



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