Yard and Garden
Live Well Utah! Learn how to grow and maintain a garden this year. Everything you need to know is on this Utah State University Extension Yard and Garden Web site.
September Gardening Tips
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Begin garden cleanup now by removing any spent annuals and continue to dead-head perennials.
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Start cleaning out your vegetable garden of overgrown and harvested plants.
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Create fall interest in the garden by using mums, flowering kale, aster, ornamental grasses and other fall favorites
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Rake up leaves, twigs, and fallen fruit to help reduce the spread of diseases.
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Aerate and fertilize your lawn in early September.
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As temperatures decline adjust your lawn watering schedule.
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Prepare crop beds for next spring by adding organic material to the soil.
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Purchase and plant bulbs now for next spring.
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Continue to remove weeds from the garden.
Choices for starting your garden now!
Garden vegetables vary in their tolerance to late spring frosts and snow storms. The most hardy vegetables should be planted early in the spring as soon as the ground can be worked and include spinach, onion, pea, turnip, kohlrabi, and kale. Semi-hardy vegetables should be planted 2-3 weeks before the date of the average last spring frost in your area. Semi-hardy vegetables include beet, broccoli, cabbage, carrot, cauliflower, chard, lettuce, radish, and potato. Tender vegetables such as tomatoes should be planted after the date of the average last spring frost.
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