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Page 16 2015 Fall Home Improvement and Garden LINCOLN DAILY NEWS.COM SEPT. 29, 2015
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all can be the most splendiferous time
of year. The air is cool and dry, cozy
sweaters and sweatshirts feel good
outside, even when the sun is shining. The
leaves begin to turn, and the mind wanders to
Halloween and Thanksgiving.
Fall is also the time when the colors of
summer begin to succumb, and your flowering
plants can start to dwindle in the cool night
air. Taking them out of your landscape can
leave you feeling that
you have stripped you
lawn of all its glory.
But, there are plenty
of opportunities to
bring a fall splash of
color back into the
landscape and give
your lawn a new
personality.
Mums are a perfect
option for fall color.
The hardy plants will
survive the early frosts
and light freezes of
fall, and keep your
lawn looking bright
and beautiful for
several weeks. These
plants are readily
available this time of year at several locations
throughout the county.
It is also a great time to build your own little
fall harvest display. Building a display in your
lawn, or on your porch can be as simple or
complex as you wish, but you want to keep
in mind the size of the area you have to work
with, and your budget.
Overloading a small space can leave your
place looking cluttered instead of clustered, so
before you shop, do some thinking about what
it is you really want for your fall décor.
See what is out there for the asking,
taking or buying
Corn shocks can make an excellent starting
point for your fall décor. These are often
available for sale
at farm stands and
farmer’s markets. But,
if you know a friend
who farms, maybe you
could ask for a few
stalks of corn from
their field. Cat Tails
can also make for great
decorating indoors
and out. If you know
someone with a pond
lined with the wild
plant, perhaps that
person would let you
cut a few.
Also there are some
roadside weeds that
can make for attractive
fall decoration. Teasel
and Golden Rod are just a couple that come to
mind. The bad side of using plants like these
and the cat tail is as they dry out, they ‘shed’
or ‘burst’ spreading their beauty to places
nobody wants to see them. You can prevent
this by spraying the plants with cheap hair
spray or clear shellac.
Splendiferous Fall
a great time to decorate inside and out
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