Lazy days of summer

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[naviga:li class="MsoNormal"]create a new bed or add plants. How about peonies?  Choose a spot with sun and drainage. 

Plant the “eye” (bud) about two inches deep.

[naviga:li class="MsoNormal"] Or dig and divide your (or your neighbor's-with their permission, of course) overgrown iris, poppies and other spring blooming perennials.  A good rule of thumb is to move spring blooming flowers in the fall and fall blooming flowers in the spring. 

[naviga:li class="MsoNormal"]Plant a tree!  Fall planting takes advantage of favorable soil temperatures and moisture conditions that promote the root growth needed to sustain plants through their critical first year in the landscape. 

[naviga:li class="MsoNormal"]It's best not to prune now. 

Pruning will stimulate unwanted late season growth.

[naviga:li class="MsoNormal"]Think fall flower arrangements.  Invest in a Burning Bush, a Bayberry Bush or a Red-twigged Dogwood. 

All have colored stems that will stand out in dreary winter landscape. And those reddish branches create an outstanding compliment to fall groupings of gourds, pumpkins and dried flowers.

[naviga:li class="MsoNormal"]Mid-August through mid-September is the best time to repair, replace or start a new lawn.  Lawns with fifty percent or more weeds should be replaced.  Always purchase quality lawn seed. 

All grass seed mixes should contain several varieties of bluegrass, fescue and rye grass.