In The Garden: Hints from a Mrs. Gardener – A Winter Blanket for the Garden

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Submitted by Joan Regan

So the garden is tucked away for its long Winter’s nap. However, all the wind we have been having has blown in some big piles of leaves, leaves that the Garden will be so happy to have as a winter blanket, so knowing there would be a last hurrah I did not put the wheelbarrow and fan rake too far… so out they come. Hopefully, I can get most of the gardens covered before the snow comes. They were all covered but some have been stripped with all the wind; thankful to have the rake and wheelbarrow close by. Now to race the weather.

I remember a few years ago I used to clean and rake all the gardens; cut back and raked clean… yup, they looked so tidy. Poor things were cold, unprotected and definitely not ready for Winter. I did the same thing come Spring; raked and stripped it clean… yup, it looked nice and tidy, but it was not a happy garden.

Now I pile up the leaves, knowing the gardens are protected for the Winter and what it brings, and come Spring I gently lift its blankey and find a happy garden – much happier, and it is so much easier for this old Gal (nothing to do with the year I was born – nope, nothing, nada). So now it’s sleep tight, see you come Spring.

Now onto my indoor garden; the one that does get a bit ignored when the outside one is in full bloom. I did notice a few smaller branches down from the wind that would look nice if I cut them up and put them in some empty outside pots… and my clippers are not put away yet… hmmm.

Happy November Gardening, 

Joni

519 596 2389 jpregan@amtelecom.net