October Garden Chores

There are many October garden chores for all parts of the country. Of course, cleaning up the beds and mulching is the best thing you can do to prepare your beds for spring planting. And if you need garden seeds for the fall, David's Garden Seeds® has many.

Right now, the most important of the October garden chores is to keep all of the plants and trees alive by watering. We have a nice irrigation system but if there is a leak, water does not get where it needs to go. Trees and plants should be checked regularly to see if they are being properly watered. If you see something start to shrivel and/or turn brown, it is probably not getting watered. Get some water on it right away and then check the irrigation system for water leaks. Maybe the sprayer is clogged. Get the problem solved right away. Don't turn the water on and leave it and go away. Trees are expensive and right now, we have another 23 dead trees that cost at least $50 a piece if not more because someone was not making sure that the irrigation system was working.

Plant your wildflower seeds.

Plant your Texas 1015Y onion seeds.

Plant your garlic bulbs if you have not yet done so.

Continue harvesting plants still putting out fruit from summer.

Weed and water your garden.

Deadhead roses.

Trim up plants in containers. It is common for some leafy plants to let leaves die and then grow new ones. The brown, dead leaves don't look very pretty so cut them off.