November Landscape Tips
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Winter is Getting Near!
November is a month when the Holidays are creeping up on us and
your attention turns away from the landscape for a bit. If your still
looking for things to do outside there are always things that can be
done on your Lawn and Landscape. For starters, if you haven't already
gotten the leaves up, get them cleaned up, and keep them cleaned up
off of the lawn. Leaves laying on the grass can kill the lawn and leave
bare spots for you in the spring. You can keep mowing the lawn every
week, even though the grass is not growing, but you will be mulching
up the leaves. This works as long as you don't have too many leaves
falling on the lawn. If they are very thick, it's best to remove them from
the lawn so as not to increase the acid content of the soil. Continuous
mulching of the leaves on the lawn will turn the soil into an acidic soil,
making it necessary to apply lime in larger doses than you may have
needed to. Fall is a great time to Aerate the lawn also. Aeration will
relieve soil compaction and allow water, air, and nutrients to reach the
root zone of the grass. It will also help to eliminate moss, although
aerating alone will not get rid of moss. That's a whole separate
problem in itself.
Fall bulbs can still be planted in the South in November. I prefer to get
them in the ground earlier than now, but Bulbs will still come up by
Spring and provide your Lawn & Landscape a splash of color.
If you are in the Southern parts of Tn. or in AL, GA, MS you can still plant
some Fescue grass if you are in a pinch and have nothing but mud
around. Even in Northern TN and Southern KY you can still put down
seed and get fair results. If it gets later in the year and you just need
some grass to come up to give you something other than mud you can
plant either Perennial Rye Grass or Annual Rye Grass. These will
germinate in temps down to the 40's. It's not a permanent lawn for the
south, but it gives you something green and gets rid of mud, then in
Spring or next Fall you can work on getting a permanent lawn.
Have fun in the Lawn and Landscape and enjoy the downtime for
Winter!
your attention turns away from the landscape for a bit. If your still
looking for things to do outside there are always things that can be
done on your Lawn and Landscape. For starters, if you haven't already
gotten the leaves up, get them cleaned up, and keep them cleaned up
off of the lawn. Leaves laying on the grass can kill the lawn and leave
bare spots for you in the spring. You can keep mowing the lawn every
week, even though the grass is not growing, but you will be mulching
up the leaves. This works as long as you don't have too many leaves
falling on the lawn. If they are very thick, it's best to remove them from
the lawn so as not to increase the acid content of the soil. Continuous
mulching of the leaves on the lawn will turn the soil into an acidic soil,
making it necessary to apply lime in larger doses than you may have
needed to. Fall is a great time to Aerate the lawn also. Aeration will
relieve soil compaction and allow water, air, and nutrients to reach the
root zone of the grass. It will also help to eliminate moss, although
aerating alone will not get rid of moss. That's a whole separate
problem in itself.
Fall bulbs can still be planted in the South in November. I prefer to get
them in the ground earlier than now, but Bulbs will still come up by
Spring and provide your Lawn & Landscape a splash of color.
If you are in the Southern parts of Tn. or in AL, GA, MS you can still plant
some Fescue grass if you are in a pinch and have nothing but mud
around. Even in Northern TN and Southern KY you can still put down
seed and get fair results. If it gets later in the year and you just need
some grass to come up to give you something other than mud you can
plant either Perennial Rye Grass or Annual Rye Grass. These will
germinate in temps down to the 40's. It's not a permanent lawn for the
south, but it gives you something green and gets rid of mud, then in
Spring or next Fall you can work on getting a permanent lawn.
Have fun in the Lawn and Landscape and enjoy the downtime for
Winter!