Re: fall clean up
- Subject: Re: fall clean up
- From: M* T*
- Date: Fri, 26 Oct 2001 02:36:51 -0400
Well, Dee Ann, you're a whole lot more tidy minded than I am:-) The
only clean up I do in fall is (hopefully) getting the massive amounts
of leaves that fall on my wooded garden off the drive, paths and
patio and those that threaten to smother evergreen perennials off of
them. All the rest stays as it is until spring when I do my clean
up. I learned early on that it is a total waste of effort to try to
tidy borders under oak trees who like to retain about 25% or so of
their leaves until bud break in spring...if I do it in autumn, I get
to do it all over again in spring.
I do, of course, lift my Canna and other tender stuff I want to save,
either before killing frost or after it blackens their
leaves...depending on plant. I also cut and trash peony foliage to
ward off Botrytis.
I don't discuss the state of my house until gardening season is
over:-) Winter is for house cleaning...
Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
mtalt@clark.net
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> From: Dee Ann Scheller <dee.ann.scheller@juno.com>
>
>
> Hello garden friends,
>
> Have many of you begun or have finished your perennial bed clean
up? I
> have 2 LARGE beds completed and the foliage shredded and in the
compost
> bed. My Canna's are dug (once again) stored in soft drink boxes
covered
> with peat, and waiting for the spring. I have several smaller beds
to
> clean and then some of my over flow plants are in the veg garden
and I
> need to remove a few weeds that have popped up. I have noticed
that
> Black eye Susan ,gaillardia, coreopsis, and larkspur have dropped
seed
> and next springs plants are up and doing well. Of course most are
not in
> the correct row and the space between rows is covered with baby's
that I
> will pot up come March. NOW if only my home were as clean and we
just
> will not speak of the windows! Every one has their priorities and
I
> suppose I have a tolerant hubby.
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