Carolyn Pfaff

Mowing and Leaf Removal – Lawns will continue to grow at least well into mid-December, albeit significantly more slowly as temperatures continue to decline.  The grasses we grow in Southeastern PA are all “cool weather” grasses; they thrive in SOIL temperatures between 35 degrees and 70 degrees Fahrenheit.  Lawns that are closely mown (3-3 ½”)

As I write this November 2021 Newsletter on November 2nd, we have not yet had a frost in Bucks County, PA, and certainly not the killing frost (where overnight temperatures drop below freezing) that signifies the end of the 2021 growing season.  Except for lawns, which will continue to grow for another month or so. 

Dormant Feeding of Young/Flowering Trees, Shrubs, Perennials, Bulbs and Ground Covers – Key word: DORMANT.  Dormant feeding can begin once we have had a killing frost and the majority of leaves have fallen from deciduous trees and shrubs.  Typically, this occurs in late October when the growing season is over for all the plants in

Control Broadleaf Perennial Weeds with Liquid TRIMEC Herbicide – As I’ve said a million times over the years, all lawns have weeds in them every fall.  Weed seeds from mature plants blow everywhere around our pristine neighborhoods all spring and summer, and some of them land in your yards.  None of us are exempt.  At

It’s early October as I write this Newsletter; officially fall, but no cold weather yet so Mother Nature hasn’t yet entered winter dormancy.  We’re kind of in a holding pattern with landscaping activities: too early for the end of season pruning, cutting back of perennials and beds.  One way to replace this garden color is