Don’t let the warm weather lately fool you; October cleanup time has arrived Article content

As I look back on the gardening year of 2025, I don’t know that I remember a season quite like this one. After an unusually warm spring, we, and our gardens, endured one of the hottest and driest summers in history – at least here in Toronto. And, as of this writing, the warmth has continued well into October. Article content

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Even so, glorious autumn days notwithstanding, October is high time to get started on putting the garden away for another year. But I don’t generally do as much in the fall as I do to start things up in spring, and there are some genuine benefits to letting at least some plants die back on their own timetable.

High on the list is the

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