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G a r d e n i n G T i p o f T h e M o n T h F O R O C T O b e R
by the "Old Guy With The Pony Tail"
at Mendham Garden Center
As your garden harvest comes to an end, fall is a prime time to
build your soil for next year. Crops grown this season have used nutrients
provided by the soil. A soil test done at this time of year can provide valuable
information on the nutrient value of your soil and provide recommendations
to replace lost nutrients and improve crop production next year. Rototill in
nutrients recommended by your soil test. This is also the time to till in cow
manure or other organic soil conditioners.
Overseed with cover crop rye to help improve soil. As it grows, cover
crop rye will mine out leftover nitrogen in the soil and store it for next year.
In the process cover crop rye helps to control erosion and minimize nitrate
nitrogen leaching. This protects water quality. The dense root system adds
valuable organic matter to the soil. When the rye is tilled in in the spring it
will aid in nutrient recycling.
Stop by Mendham Garden Center for all your lawn and garden needs.
Just ask for the old guy with the pony tail! Conveniently located at 1306 Route
31, Annandale (near the Old Allerton Road intersection) Mendham
Garden Center is the place to go for all your gardening and landscape needs.
Call 908.730.9008 or visit: www.MendhamGardenCenter.com.
T h e O l d G u y
Just an old guy with a pony tail. Not a PhD
I'm the old guy with a pony tail. I work at MGC.
I've been around a while
I've learned a thing or two
I've learned the things that work
I've learned what not to do
To some I'm just an old guy. To some that might seem true
I'm still not quite over the hill
But I've got one heck of a view.
"You can never be overdressed or overeducated."
~ Oscar Wilde
