LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) – At this point in the year, you might be feeling like it was a long summer. You’ve been gardening and it’s been a lot of work, but now it’s time to close out the season.
Before you do that, however, you’ll want to take a picture of your garden and save it, or write down where you had all your veggies planted. You’ll want to rotate them for next year.
“A lot of times your tomatoes will leach out different nutrients and things in the soil. And then when you're putting the tomatoes back in there, they're not getting the nutrients and what they need out of it. So it's always good to go ahead and rotate the crop,” said Jeff Wallitsch of Wallitsch Gardens.
Now back to the clean up.
“We're tired, our garden is tired. So, fall is a great time to do a lot of clean up,” said Jeff Wallitsch. “One thing that I like to do is weeding. So, in our bed here its good to go through, weed out, pull all of your tomato plants or peppers, whatever vegetables that you have. Harvest anything that’s left.”
You also want to remove as much as the foliage as possible from all the plants, otherwise it can later cause disease to plants like tomatoes next season. Then till the dirt and put down a good layer or top mulch. Wallitsch says – this helps with weed control and moisture.
After all that, if you're feeling really ambitious you can plant some bulbs like onions or garlic now. Both will be sprouting by the spring.
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