九月农事（September Gardening )

TREES AND SHRUBS : buy new selections at sales prices and plant now, watering well

 

ANNUALS:  pull out any faded or frost-killed varieties plant flowering cabbage and kale for continuing colour continue collecting seeds

 

PERENNIALS: divide and move perennials take advantage of sales to make new lantings

 

BULBS AND TUBERS: plant spring flowering bulbs dig up begonias, callas, gladiolas, cannas etc. for storage

 

ROSES: clean up fallen, diseased foliage leave some spent blooms to form hips

 

VEGETABLES: harvest carrots, potatoes, beets, squash pick remaining tomatoes to ripen indoors

 

HERBS:  pot up tender herbs such as rosemary to overwinter harvest herbs for drying

 

LAWNS: re-seed bare spots , fertilize

 

PATIO/CONTAINER PLANTS: move into sheltered location to protect from frost (摘录)