On Thursday we had a good sized crew that worked on putting the garden to sleep for the winter. Becky Lewis had a crew helping to prune roses and mulch them for the winter. Lori Tamblingson and Linda Guarino helped her get that done. Rebecca Davis took down pots from the gazebo, and deadheaded Russian sage and hollyhocks. She also helped me take down the water feature and put it away for the winter. Judith Chaddock watered indoors, found some room for some more hanging baskets on the sun porch, and began to take down the birdhouses. Linda also worked on the irrigation - doing some repairs - and Lori filled bird baths. I spent my time cleaning out and reorganizing the large shed to make room for the snow plow and watering some of our recent transplants.
I returned to the garden with Becky Lewis on Friday. We mulched and pruned the last of the roses and took down the red runner bean vines. It was a cool morning with most of the bird baths frozen for the first time. Joan Abbott came by and turned off the irrigation.
Plans for the next couple of weeks:
Hand water as needed weekly
Finish putting away the bird houses
Empty the last of the bird feeders and clean - replace with suet
Put away garden hardscape items
Faerie Garden
Wind Chimes
Stone birdbaths
Table and chairs
Mulch some of the more tender plantings
Clean the garage
Scatter flower seed on the FUTS trail
Girls for Good
Wash pots
Bag pine needles from canyon
Clean tools from small shed
If city finishes on Switzer - remove some rock from bed, and add soil
"The scarlet of maples can shake me like a cry
Of bugles going by.
And my lonely spirit thrills
to see the frosty asters like smoke
upon the hills."
- William Bliss Carman
Thanks,
Loni
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