Princeton Town Topics – Let’s Talk Real Estate – October 7, 2020
TIME FOR FALL LAWN AND GARDEN CLEAN UP
Before the leaves start falling, it’s time to make a fall lawn clean-up plan. While picking up leaves and branches are at the top of the list, here are a few other tips to help protect your yard and landscaping during the winter months.
Lawn care: Keep mowing the grass until it stops growing for the season. Keeping the lawn short will protect it over the winter. Fall is also a good time to reseed bare spots and fertilize.
Trees and shrubs: Mulching trees in fall is ideal to keep soil moist, prevent soil erosion, and to maintain soil temperatures. About 3 inches of mulch such as cedar or bark chips are often good choices. You can also mulch flower beds over winter as well.
Garden clean-up: Some common perennials such as daylilies, bearded irises, peonies and hostas should be cut back to within a few inches to the ground to prepare for spring. Make sure to discard the cut foliage. However, wildflowers, perennials such as coneflowers and ornamental grasses can be left alone.
