Welcome
Tennessee Extension Master Gardener Program is a UT Extension Program
TEMGs are volunteers who have a love of plants and horticulture coupled with training to teach and assist Tennessee residents
Save the Date - Expo 2025
EXPO 2025!!
Coming Up
Come visit the Arboretum!
Tipton County Community Garden
Our Master Gardeners held three free classes in the Community Garden - Gardening 101, Reading the Farmer's Almanac, and Building Raised Beds.
OUR PROJECTS
Extension Office
Landscaping of the Extension Office at the old Train Depot building in the Historic District of Covington
Monthly "to do" list
September
Plant
- Continue planting spinach, lettuce, radishes, arugula, Asian greens, kale, and collards.
Maintenance
- Keep up your inspecting for pests
- Houseplants that have been vacationing in the backyard should be brought in by mid-month. Give
them a good blast of water all over before bringing them in to help remove freeloading insects.
- Make preparations for mulching your beds for the winter.
- Divide and transplant plants that flower in the spring, while fall flowering ones should be done in the
spring. Cut back top to 4-6" to reduce transplant stress.
- Pumpkins, summer squash, and gourds to be stored should be harvested before the first frost.
- Fall is a good time for improving your garden soil.
- Get any cover crops you want to use in by mid-month.
- Fertilize roses for the last time this year.
- Dig, divide, and move daylilies after they have completed their bloom.
Helping the Girl Scouts with planning an event "It's Your World - Change It"
