Gardening and Celebrations in September

Temperatures in Red Bluff, California, will continue to be high in the daytime (85F-95) and lowering in the night (53F-60F).  It is too hot to plant any trees or shrubs.  Watering will be essential.  We start our pruning cycle.  

This month I will add an electrical outlet and a water feature to the front yard sitting area.  We enjoy sipping our coffee and reading or listening to music while sitting in our front yard garden in the early morning hour.

We gather plants from the garden and create art for the Autumn Equinox Celebration.  

September - Poems, Sayings, Quotations.  Compiled by Mike Garofalo.

The Autumn Equinox Celebrations:  Mabon

Months of the Year

September Gardening Chores

Removing dead and non-productive vegetable crops. 
Apply manure and compost to clay soils.  
Planting crops for late autumn harvest:  cabbages, peas, fennel,
     cauliflower, lettuce, Swiss chard, onions, leeks, Chinese peas, and endive.  
Drying peppers and squash.
Start new strawberry beds.  
Dig up and divide garlic, perennials, iris, daylilies,  bulbs and onions.
Keep watering properly even as the weather begins to cool.  
Clean up all dead fruit.  
Fruit trees fed and sprayed with tonics. 
Seed lawns with rye grass for winter color.  
Remove any dead shrubs or trees.   
Dig holes for planting trees and shrubs.  
Purchase potted trees and shrubs for planting in autumn.  
Continue to mulch trees and shrubs.
Raking fallen leaves and add to compost pile.  
Purchase bulbs from nurseries.  
Feed lawn with slow release fertilizer. 
Remove spent blooms from roses.  
Weed vegetables and shrubs, mow lawns.  
Start to prepare sheds, tools, and equipment for Winter weather.
Repair roofs.