This past weekend, I spent time dead-heading a lot of plants. I removed some of the sunburned leaves and cut back some of the lilies and other plants to give the garden an fresher look.

I did my final fertilizing for the season for the perennials, shrubs and trees. I want to give plants enough time to prepare for winter. Plants need to stop producing new stems, and leaves. This is important for things evergreens and plants like coralbells that hold their leaves all year long.

I need to put some effort into my lawn this fall. The heat this summer has caused my lawn to go very dormant and some areas are not coming back as fast as others. I have started by watering some of the areas that have not greened up yet. During the next week or so I will add some fresh grass seed to these areas. By

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