fall to-do list?

What do you do in the fall?

What do you plant, reap, move, get rid of, etc ?

The reason I ask is that it is almost time to plant cilantro seeds in this and more southern zones, I suspect it would also work in zones 7 and 6.

Cilantro is an nasty invasive perenial here. Like mint, it must be kept in a container. I put it in the ground once and the only way I got rid of it was to move. lol. I am looking forward to lettuce again. I tried to bury some seeds under sawdust to keep them cool but without much success. I have just enough to tease. The radishes and swiss chard loved it though. Oh yeah. peppers. They are a fall plant here. It took me years to figure this out though. It is time for me to put in all the spring aka Feb. plants. My beds are pretty empty just now. My garden fairy is sprinkling seeds. We have only 2 seasons, warm and too hot.

What do I do in the fall? LOLOLOLOL

Fall is my busiest time of year. I divide perennials, plant new ones, rake fallen leaves and grind them up daily, dig weeds, harvest my veggie garden, plant my veggies for fall/winter/spring harvest, plant bulbs, cut down perennials as they go dormant, remove dead annuals, sow seeds that need cold-stratifying, dig up tender bulbs to dry and store, gather all my tender plants to repot and bring indoors for the winter. Not to mention take cuttings of shrubs, move them, dig up seedling trees, spend huge amounts of time removing buried acorns and hickories from my beds before they sprout!

I love to work in the garden, but this is ridiculous!!!!! LOLOLOL I love to complain, don't I? I look forward to doing almost all of the above. Yep, I am a gardener ;D

Fall is very busy for me too and I do much of what Lupinelover does except I'm warmer and don't have to lift a lot of bulbs, tubers, etc. But I don bring in all my tropicals and several annuals. Fall is never long enough for me LOL

I'm with lupinelover and vic: there's always more to do in the Fall in the gardens. This year my workload is even greater because I am also dividing a portion of many of my perennials into pots to take with me when I sell the house.

I figure I have enough plants already in pots to completely cover the floor of a 22' moving van, and have barely started, LOL!

It is nice to see that the garden does not appear to have any "holes" despite what I have been potting.

I have been told and plan to try to germinate chile pequin or tepin peppers in the fall. (Bird peppers)

We are also gonna move the miraculous crape myrtle to a better place.

Want to try garlic, leeks, and chives this fall.

And roses from the co-op.....

In coastal Northern CA fall is actually when things slow down for us with the exception of watering. It's warm and going to get a lot warmer in the next two months. There are few fall-bloomers in this area, many of those plants that are so reliable for gardeners east of the Rockies are already getting close to the end of their blooming time here.

The one thing to look forward to is my Meyer lemon bush has a TON of lemons on it. My whole family can hardly wait!

It's getting close to clean-up time, when I have to cut down the agapanthus stalks, clean up the daylilies, yank out the yellowing glad foliage. In mid-October I'll be pruning the lavenders down; the Hidcotes are getting unruly-looking and unattractive. The hydrangeas will also need a haircut by then.

This year I threw in some annuals -- zinnias, petunias -- in spaces where a perennial plant didn't make it. So there's four or five small 'holes' in the garden beds where I need to figure out a better long-term solution.

I'm looking forward to next year if we can get the hardscape done in what we like to call the 'barbericum', the furthest part of our backyard. It's going to be a difficult landscaping as it will be clay-ey soil, little or no summer water, too much shade in the summer but full sun in the winter! A real challenge, this time.

OOOH, I love meyer lemons too. Used to live in zone 10 where they were everywhere. But (8-(( now, they are rare as hens teeth! You are so fortunate!