We hope these monthly checklists will help you stay on top of that garden this year. We made a September Gardening Checklist, an October Gardening Checklist, and a November Gardening Checklist for quick reference. These lists are tailored to Lubbock gardens (and take our Lubbock weather into account)! Just click the images below to see our printable fall monthly gardening guides!
Vegetable Planting Guide for all Seasons Lubbock Zone 7
Fall is a Great time to plant Perennials
In the spring, the nurseries fill with plants, all needing good homes. But perennials planted in the spring must develop an entirely new root system, plus adjust to life outside the greenhouse or nursery. Planting perennials in the fall makes a lot of sense. If you plant your plants at least six weeks before the first freeze is likely to occur, you’ll give them a chance to conserve their foliage and flower development in favor of root growth. If the roots are there, the plant will be there.
Autumn Recipes
We hope you enjoy our autumn recipes.
Fall Garden Quotes
Some fall gardening quotes we love:
“For man, autumn is a time of harvest, of gathering together.
For nature, it is a time of sowing, of scattering abroad.”
– Edwin Way Teale
“I cannot endure to waste anything as precious as autumn sunshine by staying in the house.
So I spend almost all the daylight hours in the open air.
– Nathaniel Hawthorne
“I love the fall. I love it because of the smells that you speak of; and also because things are dying,
things that you don’t have to take care of anymore, and the grass stops growing.”
– Mark Van Doren
“Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.”
– Albert Camus
“Spring flowers are long since gone. Summer’s bloom hangs limp on every terrace.
The gardener’s feet drag a bit on the dusty path and the hinge in his back is full of creaks.”
– Louise Seymour Jones
“Autumn – the reprieve from Summer.”
– Mike Garofalo, Pulling Onions