- Plant bulbs, peonies, lilies
- Fertilize lawn with 16-20-0-14 fertilizer
- Dormant seed pasture grasses
- Plant evergreens
- Pick apples & plums when they are ripe
- Divide & replant perennials
- Dig up glads, begonias & dahlias for winter storage
- Protect roses with mulch
- Transplant aspens after leaf drop
- Rake leaves-use for mulch or make into compost
- Don’t fertilize trees & shrubs
- Prune maple and birch
- Water evergreens well before December
- Wrap young trees, trees with dark bark & smooth barked trees to protect against rodents and sunscald
- Spray anti-desiccant on evergreens likely to winter burn
- Decrease watering so plants can harden off