Fall Gardening Guide
Neighborhood Native-Plant Dispute Arrives Alongside Essential Fall Gardening Advice and Tips
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A West Windsor homeowner’s native-plant yard has prompted a neighborhood dispute over sight lines, pests and other impacts; the owner says the yard supports wildlife and is open to compromise. Fall gardening advice includes preparing cold frames and leaving hardy greens and root crops for a modest winter harvest, while carefully identifying Colorado’s noxious thistles to avoid disturbing beneficial native species. Gardeners can divide overcrowded spring- and summer-blooming perennials in early fall, when warm soil and cooler, wetter weather help roots recover; reduced flowering and bare centers can signal a need to divide. Major pruning of azaleas and camellias is generally best after bloom to avoid removing next season’s buds, while Louisiana irises can be cut back and pansies, violas and snapdragons can provide winter color; begonias can also be propagated from leaf or stem cuttings. Separate game guidance says Grow a Garden players can earn Autumn Eggs through event activities and Acorn Chaos.
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For rex begonias, leaf propagation involves cutting through the thick veins on the leaf’s underside, then placing the leaf on moist growing medium with the cut veins in contact; new plants may appear in three to four weeks.
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The Autumn Egg takes four hours to hatch and contains four pets, including the extremely rare Enfield.
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Acorn Chaos runs every 30 minutes for five minutes. Players can attack the five falling acorns with a shovel to open them for random rewards, which can include Autumn Eggs.
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The fall-gardening column cautions against leaving spent vegetable plants in the garden: dead plants can give insects and diseases a place to overwinter and re-emerge the following spring.
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