Gardentalk

Master Gardener Ed Buyarski answers more listener questions in this week’s edition of Gardentalk.

Evergreens could be trimmed back almost anytime. But flower buds are just emerging on blueberry plants, and any severe pruning now could affect this season’s production.

Clean up any potential slug habitat and then start cutting away any dead vegetation.

As gardeners clean up their old garden beds and build new planters, they may be thinking about where they can get good soil before they start planting.

It’s prime time for starting herbs, onions, shallots, celery and parsley.

Beets, carrots and parsnips actually benefit from being left in the ground during the early fall, because freezing temperatures enhance their sugar content.