People are more likely to think of planting in the spring.
But on "The Georgia
Gardener" Oct. 21 and 23, host Walter Reeves shows the
best way to plant a tree — in
the fall.

Reeves shows how to dig a proper hole, fertilize and plant a
tree in your landscape
this fall. He demonstrates products that make watering easier
and shows how to prune the
new tree and how to finish the job with mulch.

Then he moves to the vegetable garden. Reeves shows how to
plant some fall crops and
get a jump on others for harvest in the spring.

Finally, Reeves checks out a test he planted a few weeks
ago. He put several plants –
aggressive horticultural thugs, he calls them — close to each
other to see which one
would overcome the others. And he finds an invading thug he
hadn’t counted on.

"The Georgia Gardener" is designed especially for
Georgia gardeners. It airs
on GPTV at 7:30 p.m. on Thursdays and 10 a.m. on Saturdays. The
show is produced by the
University of Georgia College of Agricultural and Environmental
Sciences and PFC Holding
Company.