OCTOBER

1...After your 1st frost, dig up tender bulbs and tubers such as dahlias, gladiolus & cannas-dry in sun before storing 2...Divide overgrown clumps of rhubarb 3...Plant Lilacs now because they start growth early in spring 4...Continue planting hardy spring bulbs 5...For a healthier lawn keep it cut, and don't allow it to go through the winter months long 6...Start bringing in your garden benches, patio furniture ect. 7.Clean up any frost-blackened plants 8.Burn dahlia, peony and iris tops to control disease spores, insect eggs, and stem borers 9.Fall is the best time of the year to apply fertilizer to established lawns 10.Remember to add bone meal to the soil when planting your fall bulbs 11.Pot up bulbs that you are going to be forcing for indoor blooms, be sure and mark different varieties 12.Rake up any fallen leaves and put on the compost pile 13.Pull out spent annuals and add them to the compost pile 14.After the leaves of deciduous shrubs and trees begin changing colors, it is then safe to move them 15.If your pool or pond is shallow, net up fish and bring indoors

Did You Know ?

That a tree's leaves are orange and yellow -- even in summer? It's just that the green pigment is stronger, and simply covers up the yellow and orange pigments that are always present in the tree's leaves. But come fall, the tree's leaves produce less chlorophyll, so the other colors can now show through. Which is what they do -- in a brilliant explosions of color !!! The pigments that produce the reds and purples, only shows up as the night get cooler.

Birds heading South in Oct
	Bluebird Goldfinch Grackles Hummingbirds (Ruby-throated) Loggerhead Shrike Phoebe Robin Red-winged Blackbird Scarlet Tanager Sparrow Hawk