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The Lawn - If lawn grass is sown at once, it will have the
benefit of the fall showers, and should come up well in a week
or so. Give a dressing of manure before hard frosts.
Planting Bulbs - Thousands of people, when they saw the
Hyacinths and Tulips in flower last spring, thought that next
spring they would have a bed, and hundreds at once sent off
orders for bulbs, all in vain. If any one wishes a bed of such
flowers next spring, this is the best time to purchase and plant
the bulbs.
Weed - Allowing weeds to ripen their seeds in the garden, late
in the season, makes a great deal of trouble for the future.
Look About - This fine Autumn weather; look about a little and
see what can be done to improve your grounds. Some changes may
be desirable, or some trees and bulbs planted. Without
forethought there is no garden and no gardener.
From Vick's Monthly Magazine, 1880
The time will come when the value of fallen leaves, for mulching
the ground and protecting tender plants, will be better
understood that at present. They impart advantages when used as
a mulch, namely, lightness of covering and perfect protection.
For covering tender plants they are peculiarly fitted - being
always so dry as not to suffocate or rot the plant, and the thin
plates of air interposed between them, entirely excluding frost
if sufficient depth is given. A late number of the Genesee
Farmer mentions the case of a gardener who has had remarkable
success witli roses, the tender kinds of which he keeps through
the winter in open ground by a thorough covering with leaves.
When a foot in thickness, with a few branches of evergreens on
the top to prevent them from blowing away, no frost can
penetrate.
From The Register of Rural Affairs, 1866
If you are troubled with injury to bulbs by field mice during
the winter, allow me to suggest what has proved with me a
remedy. Formerly I covered my bulbs early in the autumn, before
frost, and field mice being abundant in the neighborhood, they
seemed as soon as cold weather approached to take shelter among
my covering and feed on my bulbs. Now, I leave off the covering
until the ground is frozen about an inch in depth, and I guess
the mice get tired of waiting and go elsewhere.
From Arthur's Home Magazine, 1870
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