SEPTEMBER

1...If you haven't done so already, lift bulbs of Scillas & Chinondoxas that are overcrowded and replant them 2...Start moving houseplants indoors, 3...Sept is the ideal time to lift and divide Peonies, or plant new ones 4...Continue spraying roses for mildew and black-spot 5...Plant evergreens now, withhold fertilize in the fall 6...Divide daylilies and thin lily of the valley 7.Plant new lawns or repair established ones 8.Finish dividing spring blooming perennials 9.Visit a Dahlia specialists garden, or show, to select your favorites for next year 10.Be sure to order some Lily bulbs for late fall planting 11.Pot up fuchsias that have been growing in open ground, to take indoors later 12.Hydrangeas lifted from the garden, can be put in the basement(cool, dry) 13.Pull up spent annuals and add them to the compost pile 14.When the leaves of deciduous trees and shrubs begin changing color, from then on it is safe to move them 15.All Narcissus should be planted by the end of the month, because they like to get an early start

Did You Know ?

That Sept. 22nd is the AUTUMNAL EQUINOX. It is the second and final time each year that day and night are of equal length, at all points on the earth's surface. This is the beginning of fall for us above the equator, and the start of spring for everyone below the equator. With longer nights and shorter days, the sun seems to sweep across the globe's middle, on a three month journey toward the Tropic of Capricorn.

Birds heading South in Sept
	Baltimore Oriole Bobolink Chat, Yellow-breasted Chickadee Coot Crested Flycatcher Grosbeak, Rose-breasted Indigo Bunting Kingbird Maryland Yellowthroat Orchard Oriole Plover Sandpiper Warbler, Blackburnian Warbler, Yellow Warbler, Marsh Warbling Vireo