FALL IS TIME TO PLANT OR RE-SEED A LAWN

Can you believe summer is over? The cooler temperatures are noticeable apparent in the mornings with cooler day time temperatures too. Looking around the landscape which dots the horizon we see leaves taking on the remarkable colors of fall! The beauty of the changing season is here. Like a new snow fall, the first buding leaves, or the warmth of summer the changing seasons brings another milestones of life's renewal.

Autumn Fires

Robert Louis Stevenson

In the other gardens

And all up the vale,

From the autum bonfires

See the smoke trail!

Pleasant summer over

And all the summer flowers,

The red fires blazes,

The grey smoke towers.

Sing a song of seasons!

Something bright in all!

Flowers in the summer,

Fires in the Fall!

Fall is a time of preparation. In times past, and for some fortunate people, bring in the harvest meant putting up the labors of summer for subsistence during the winter months. Preparing for next years growing season is what fall is all about. Robert Louis Stevenson's poem Autumn Fires highlights the change of seasons and preparation. Prepare your landscaping and lawn for winter and prepare it for the next year's growing season by re-seeding now. There are may ornamentals planted in the fall for spring and summer blazing glory. According to Rick Seymour, CT says, "where you live throughout much of the northern half of the U.S., early fall is the best time for sowing grass. The soil is warm, but day time temperatures are moderate, making watering less of a problem, and the weeds won't grow." This also give the new grass longer period of time before foot traffic impacts the grass. Begin today to re-seed, plant a new lawn or add ornamentals to your landscape.