Garden care before first frost

Temuco, Chile(Zone 9b)

Asparagus foliage turning brown: it is time to cut it down (watch out for spines) and do not leave any debri around the crowns to avoid over wintering of asparagus beetle. Mulch well with well-rotted garden compost.

Harvest carrots, beetroots and turnips. Parsnips are better left in the ground, as they taste better after the first frosts

Tomatoes : if you still have green tomatoes in the plant, take the whole plant and hanged upside down. the tomatoes will ripe nicely. See:

http://www.abc.net.au/gardening/stories/s1345785.htm

Few of good tips for Fall gardening in that Fact Sheet.

Charlotte, NC(Zone 7b)

Gotta love Dave's garden - here's cristina in Chile sending us a link to Peter's page in Tasmania, being read by a gardener in North Carolina who was born in Great Britain!

HUGS AROUND THE WORLD!

Temuco, Chile(Zone 9b)

honeybeeNC, isn't it great ... the world is so small after all! ...

And Daves is the one who hugs us all here!

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