NOVEMBER CLEAN UP

Fall sure came and went in a hurry it seemed. I did get to go on great drive to Blacksburg, Virginia to visit my son at Virginia Tech. My wife Liz and daughter Claire got to watch the Thursday Night ESPN college game in a sky box (only way to watch what turned out to be a cold night and a bad football game) and then drove to Lexington, Kentucky and went to Keenland Race Track for horse races.

 The leaves along Hwy 64 and into West Virginia where very nice. The week before was probably peek, but we got to see a great show from Mother Nature.

Speaking of leaves…we have some business to address on our cool season lawns:

*Keep the leaves either mowed up or blown to the curb to prevent smothering the grass. Those “pockets” of leaves can cause dead spots next spring!

*Apply your last fertilizer and spot spray with “ester” formula herbicides (if it’s not too windy).

*Leave Zoysia at 3”, but mow cool season grass down to 2 ½”. The one time of year you want fescue shorter than zoysia.

*Winterize your lawn mower in about 2 weeks. The weather looks cold, but it will change.

Short and sweet this month. I will hope you and yours has a safe Thanksgiving and a Merry Christmas season. I will look forward to enlightening you all again next year! God bless you all!