Winterizing
- To: perennials@mallorn.com
- Subject: Winterizing
- From: A* L* <a*@ameritech.net>
- Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1998 10:16:13 -0700
Hi, Pottsey & all,
I've been thinking about the chores to come but so far have only
emptied one pot of straggly petunias. We usually start in early
October here in Chicago (z.5/6, depending on the jet stream).
Because spring comes here in such a rush (one week it's still winter,
the next it's time to get the tomatoes in!), we clean up all of the
beds in the fall, leaving only sedums and grasses standing, along
with a few lavenders & such. Unfortunately we have no suitable
leaves for mulching so I lay down an inch or so of manure on all the
beds. The cut-down remains of annuals and perennials I add to the
compost bin or dig directly into the small veggie bed. I also like
the clean look of garden beds put to rest for the winter, which seems
to emphasize the evergreens and shrubs that remain. And in a small
city garden as we have, tidiness seems more important than it might
be on a larger or more rural property. The new shoots emerging in the
spring really stand out against the cleaned beds. I confess I look
forward to a few winter months of dreaming over the catalogs before work
starts again next spring!
Anne - Chicago
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